Astrium to acquire SSTL
Posted: Mon, Apr 7 8:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
Europe's largest satellite manufacturer has announced an agreement to purchase a majority stake in the continent's leading developer of smallsats. EADS Astrium will...

Ares 1 vibration worries eased
Posted: Fri, Apr 4 8:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
Concerns that the new Ares 1 rocket could suffer from severe vibrations have eased after new analyses have found the problem is not as severe...

ATV docks with ISS
Posted: Thu, Apr 3 9:53 PM ET (0153 GMT)
The European-built Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday morning, making it the first spacecraft other than...

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...