FTC approves ULA formation
Posted: Tue, Oct 3 8:26 PM ET (0026 GMT)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has agreed to allow the formation of the United Launch Alliance (ULA), the merger of the government launch operations of...

Astronomers win Nobel Prize
Posted: Tue, Oct 3 8:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
Two American astronomers have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on a NASA mission that provided critical evidence supporting the Big Bang....

MetOp launch delayed
Posted: Mon, Oct 2 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
The launch of a European weather satellite has been delayed several days in order to check the satellite and upper stage for any damage experienced...

MRO camera returns first images
Posted: Mon, Oct 2 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
A high-resolution camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has returned its first images of the Martian surface since the spacecraft entered...

Soyuz returns to Earth
Posted: Fri, Sep 29 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying the previous ISS crew and a commercial passenger returned to Earth late Thursday. The Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft landed about 80...

Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo cabin model
Posted: Thu, Sep 28 5:20 PM ET (2120 GMT)
Space tourism operator Virgin Galactic unveiled Thursday a conceptual model of the cabin of SpaceShipTwo (SS2), the suborbital passenger spacecraft being developed for the company...

Mars rover reaches crater rim
Posted: Thu, Sep 28 6:57 AM ET (1057 GMT)
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the edge of a large impact crater, a major milestone for a mission that has lasted much longer...

ISS command change takes place
Posted: Wed, Sep 27 7:52 PM ET (2352 GMT)
The Expedition 14 crew officially took over control of the International Space Station Wednesday as the Expedition 13 crew and a commercial passenger prepared for...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Tue, Sep 26 8:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
A Delta 2 successfully launched a GPS navigation satellite Monday afternoon. The Delta 2 7925 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral,...

First NM spaceport launch fails
Posted: Tue, Sep 26 8:18 AM ET (1218 GMT)
The inaugural launch from a new commercial spaceport in New Mexico failed when a sounding rocket lost control and fell far short of its planned...