Orbital wins PanAmSat contract
Posted: Tue, Apr 19 6:54 AM ET (1054 GMT)
PanAmSat has awarded a contract to Orbital Sciences Corporation for the construction of at least one, and as many as three, communications satellites, the companies...

Asteroid impact risk scale revised
Posted: Mon, Apr 18 1:51 PM ET (1751 GMT)
Scientists announced last week that they have revised a scale commonly used to communicate the impact risks of asteroids in order to more accurately convey...

DART mission ends prematurely
Posted: Sun, Apr 17 1:18 PM ET (1718 GMT)
A NASA spacecraft launched Friday to test automated rendezvous and docking technologies terminated its mission ahead of schedule Saturday after discovering it was low on...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Apr 17 1:04 PM ET (1704 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Saturday night, bringing a new crew and a visiting astronaut to the orbiting outpost. The Soyuz...

Pegasus launches DART spacecraft
Posted: Fri, Apr 15 9:51 PM ET (0151 GMT)
A Pegasus XL booster successfully launched a NASA technology demonstration satellite Friday. The Pegasus XL departed its L-1011 carrier aircraft off the coast from...

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Fri, Apr 15 8:49 AM ET (1249 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket carrying a new crew for the International Space Station lifted off early Friday. The Soyuz booster, carrying the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft,...

Senate unanimously confirms Griffin
Posted: Thu, Apr 14 7:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
The US Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Michael Griffin as the next NASA administrator Wednesday night, clearing the way for him to start work...

X Prize Cup plans announced
Posted: Thu, Apr 14 7:24 AM ET (1124 GMT)
The state of New Mexico will host the first X Prize Cup exhibition this October, the state and prize foundation officials announced Wednesday. The inaugural...

Griffin promises to revisit Hubble decision
Posted: Wed, Apr 13 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Michael Griffin, the president's nominee to become the next NASA administrator, told senators Tuesday that he will revisit a decision to cancel a shuttle...

China launches commercial communications satellite
Posted: Tue, Apr 12 7:22 PM ET (2322 GMT)
A Chinese Long March booster launched a Western-built commercial communications satellite late Tuesday. The Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite...