Report: NASA asteroid mission delayed
Posted: Tue, Nov 8 7:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
NASA has told the team developing an asteroid mission to "stand down" from launch preparations, SPACE.com reported Monday. The Dawn spacecraft was scheduled for...

Coats named new JSC director
Posted: Tue, Nov 8 7:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that former astronaut Michael Coats will be the next director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Coats, selected as an astronaut...

ISS crew completes spacewalk
Posted: Mon, Nov 7 7:38 PM ET (0038 GMT)
The two astronauts on the International Space Station performed a spacewalk outside the orbiting outpost on Monday, installing a new camera and carrying out other...

Inmarsat launch delayed
Updated: Mon, Nov 7 8:20 AM ET (1320 GMT)
Originally Posted: Sat, Nov 5 7:26 PM ET (0026 GMT)
The launch of an Inmarsat communications satellite on a Zenit 3SL was delayed early Saturday after a problem was detected during launch preparations. The launch...

JAXA cancels Hayabusa landing rehearsal
Posted: Fri, Nov 4 8:16 AM ET (1316 GMT)
The Japanese space agency JAXA cancelled Friday a close approach by the spacecraft Hayabusa to the asteroid Itokawa because of a technical problem with the...

Japanese businessman to be next space tourist
Posted: Fri, Nov 4 8:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
A Japanese entrepreneur has signed a deal to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station, space tourism company Space Adventures announced Thursday....

Astronomers see light from earliest stars
Posted: Thu, Nov 3 7:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)
Astronomers announced Wednesday that they have detected light that may eminate from the universe's earliest stars. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope detected the infrared...

Boeing workers go on strike
Posted: Wed, Nov 2 7:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
Over 1,000 Boeing employees who work on the company's Delta launch vehicle program went on strike Wednesday, delaying several upcoming launches. The workers,...

Japan, China win satellite contracts
Posted: Wed, Nov 2 7:18 AM ET (1218 GMT)
A Japanese manufacturer has won a contract for a domestic communications satellite while China has agreed to build a similar satellite for Venezuela. Space Communications...

Pluto may have two more moons
Posted: Tue, Nov 1 9:22 AM ET (1422 GMT)
Hubble Space Telescope observations of Pluto have revealed the existence of what may be two additional moons orbiting the distant planet, NASA announced Monday. The...