Mars rover, orbiter provide new views of crater
Posted: Sat, Oct 7 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
Complementary images from a long-lived rover and a new orbiter have given scientists a new perspective on a Martian crater. NASA released Friday new...

MetOp launch rescheduled
Posted: Fri, Oct 6 7:31 AM ET (1131 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced Thursday that it has rescheduled the launch of a weather satellite after completing an inspection triggered by a handling incident....

Debris damage found on Atlantis
Posted: Fri, Oct 6 7:25 AM ET (1125 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis suffered a small but significant impact with debris while in orbit last month on the STS-115 mission, NASA revealed this...

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...