Russian communications satellite disabled
Posted: Fri, Mar 31 2:02 PM ET (1902 GMT)
A Russian communications satellite mysteriously malfunctioned earlier this week, leading some to suggest that the spacecraft was struck by a micrometeoroid or a piece of...

United Launch Alliance nears approval
Posted: Thu, Mar 30 2:03 PM ET (1903 GMT)
The federal government is expected to give its final approval to a joint venture that mergers the noncommercial launch operations of Boeing and Lockheed Martin,...

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Thu, Mar 30 8:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying the next crew for the International Space Station as well as the first Brazilian astronaut lifted off Wednesday evening. A Soyuz...

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...