Black hole fires jet at neighboring galaxy
Posted: Tue, Dec 18 8:16 AM ET (1316 GMT)
A beam of energetic particles and radiation from supermassive black hole is blasting through its neighboring galaxy, astronomers said Monday. The system 3C321 consists of...

Soyuz launches RADARSAT-2
Posted: Sat, Dec 15 9:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a Canadian radar imaging satellite on Friday. The Soyuz-Fregat rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:17...

Shuttle launch delayed to January 10
Posted: Fri, Dec 14 7:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
NASA has further delayed the launch of the next space shuttle mission to allow workers more time off during the holidays, the space agency announced...

Extra ISS spacewalk planned
Posted: Fri, Dec 14 7:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday that two members of the ISS crew will perform an additional spacewalk next week to inspect a solar panel joint that appears...

Arianespace to launch Spanish satellite
Posted: Thu, Dec 13 1:40 PM ET (1840 GMT)
Arianespace announced Thursday that it has won a contract to launch a Spanish communications satellite. Arianespace will launch the Amazonas-2 spacecraft for Spanish satellite...

Boeing wins Ares avionics contract
Posted: Thu, Dec 13 8:17 AM ET (1317 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that it has selected Boeing as the prime contractor for the avionics system on the Ares 1 launch vehicle, the last major...

Shuttle tanking test planned
Posted: Wed, Dec 12 8:36 AM ET (1336 GMT)
NASA will perform a fueling test of the shuttle Atlantis next week in an effort to understand why fuel cutoff sensors in the shuttle's...

NASA mission to study lunar interior
Posted: Wed, Dec 12 8:23 AM ET (1323 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that it will launch a mission early next decade to studying the interior of the Moon. The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (...

Atlas launches NRO satellite
Posted: Tue, Dec 11 8:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)
An Atlas 5 launched a classified spacecraft for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Monday evening. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Cape Canaveral...

Voyagers discover solar system "squashed"
Posted: Tue, Dec 11 8:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft have revealed that the solar system in "squashed" relative to the interstellar medium, scientists said Monday. Voyager 2 cross into...