NASA restores Dawn mission
Posted: Tue, Mar 28 8:33 AM ET (1333 GMT)
NASA has reversed its earlier cancellation of the Dawn mission to two main belt asteroids, citing renewed confidence in the project's ability to overcome...

Hayabusa finds asteroid is a young object
Posted: Mon, Mar 27 7:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
Data collected by Hayabusa, a Japanese asteroid mission, has found that the asteroid the spacecraft visited may have formed just 10 million years ago as...

Shuttle foam loss, range safety questioned
Posted: Mon, Mar 27 7:42 AM ET (1242 GMT)
The shuttle Discovery lost more foam on its launch last July than on previous missions, according to one report, while a separate report uncovered a...

Fuel leak likely cause of Falcon 1 failure
Posted: Sun, Mar 26 9:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
A fuel leak in the vicinity of the first stage engine appears to be the likely cause of the failure of SpaceX's Falcon 1...

Lockheed to locate CEV office in Texas
Posted: Sun, Mar 26 8:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
Lockheed Martin will establish the program office for the Crew Exploration Vehicle in Houston should it be selected by NASA to build the manned spacecraft,...

MRO returns first images
Posted: Sat, Mar 25 5:44 PM ET (2244 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft transmitted its first images of the Martian surface on Friday, two weeks after entering orbit around the planet....

Falcon 1 launch fails
Updated: Fri, Mar 24 8:59 PM ET (0159 GMT)
Originally Posted: Fri, Mar 24 6:47 PM ET (2347 GMT)
The inaugural launch of SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket failed shortly after liftoff Friday afternoon. The rocket lifted off from Omelek Island, part of Kwajalein...

NASA reinstates ISS spacewalks
Posted: Fri, Mar 24 8:19 AM ET (1319 GMT)
Just one day after NASA banned spacewalks from the ISS, the space agency has lifted the ban after determining a workaround for a potential handhold...

New type of comets may be source of Earth's water
Posted: Fri, Mar 24 8:14 AM ET (1314 GMT)
A new class of comets discovered in the main asteroid belt could be the source of the Earth's water, astronomers said Thursday. In a...

ISS spacewalks put on hold
Posted: Thu, Mar 23 8:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
Space station managers have put a hold on any future spacewalks at the International Space Station because of concerns about handrails on the orbiting outpost...