Shuttle retirement to cut thousands of jobs
Posted: Wed, Apr 2 7:42 AM ET (1142 GMT)
The impending retirement of the space shuttle will result in the loss of up to 9,000 jobs at NASA centers, according to a preliminary...

ATV ready for first ISS docking
Posted: Tue, Apr 1 11:03 PM ET (0303 GMT)
After completing a series of demonstration maneuvers in the vicinity of the ISS, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is set to dock with the...

Next shuttle mission rescheduled
Posted: Tue, Apr 1 8:58 AM ET (1258 GMT)
The launch of the next space shuttle mission, STS-124, has been delayed nearly a week to accommodate delays in the processing of the shuttle'...

ATV makes first close approach to ISS
Posted: Sun, Mar 30 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
The European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) spacecraft Jules Verne successfully completed its first close approach test to the International Space Station on Saturday, the next...

Organic material detected at Enceladus
Posted: Sat, Mar 29 10:42 AM ET (1442 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected traces of organic compounds on Saturn's moon Enceladus, suggesting that the moon's composition more closely resembles that...

Kosmos launches German military radar satellite
Posted: Thu, Mar 27 7:33 PM ET (2333 GMT)
A Kosmos rocket launched the fourth in a series of small radar imaging satellites for the German military. The Kosmos-3M rocket lifted off from...

NASA science chief steps down
Posted: Thu, Mar 27 7:23 PM ET (2323 GMT)
The associate administrator of NASA responsible for the agency's science programs resigned Wednesday. Alan Stern, who took over as head of NASA's Science...

Shuttle makes delayed landing in Florida
Posted: Thu, Mar 27 12:37 AM ET (0437 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour landed safely in Florida Wednesday evening, one orbit later than planned because of weather issues. Endeavour touched down at the Kennedy...

XCOR announces suborbital vehicle plans
Posted: Wed, Mar 26 6:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
XCOR Aerospace announced Wednesday plans to develop a suborbital rocketplane that could start flying people to the edge of space in two years. The Lynx...

Report: NASA considering putting Mars rover in hibernation
Posted: Tue, Mar 25 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
A budget cut to NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers project could mean that one of the twin rovers could be put in "hibernation" for an...