Phoenix ready for Sunday Mars landing
Posted: Fri, May 23 12:44 PM ET (1644 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is good health and on course to land on Mars on Sunday, project officials said Thursday. Phoenix is scheduled to land...

New red spot forms on Jupiter
Posted: Fri, May 23 12:23 PM ET (1623 GMT)
Scientists have spotted a new large storm on Jupiter that is a smaller cousin of the Great Red Spot. the third storm has formed in...

Astronomers catch supernova explosion in the act
Posted: Fri, May 23 12:08 PM ET (1608 GMT)
A NASA spacecraft has allowed astronomers to observe a supernova explosion as it occurs, rather than observing the aftermath, astronomers said this week. Astronomers using...

Soyuz reentry problems blamed on faulty module detachment
Posted: Thu, May 22 6:53 AM ET (1053 GMT)
Russian officials said Wednesday that the ballistic reentry of a Soyuz spacecraft last month was caused when the spacecraft's equipment module failed to separate...

Boeing satellite unit to lay off 750
Posted: Thu, May 22 6:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
The Boeing Company announced Wednesday that it would lay off 750 workers at two satellite manufacturing facilities in southern California because of a downturn in...

Zenit-3SL launches Galaxy 18
Posted: Wed, May 21 1:48 PM ET (1748 GMT)
A Zenit-3SL successfully launched a communications satellite early Wednesday. The Zenit-3SL lifted off from its floating launch platform on the Equator in the...

Shuttle cleared for May 31 launch
Posted: Tue, May 20 7:02 AM ET (1102 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers approved plans Monday to launch the space shuttle Discovery on a mission to the International Space Station at the end of this...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Sat, May 17 7:09 AM ET (1109 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft carrying over two tons of supplies docked with the International Space Station on Friday. The Progress M-64 spacecraft docked at...

Astronomers track down galaxy's youngest observed supernova
Posted: Sat, May 17 6:56 AM ET (1056 GMT)
Astronomers used radio and x-ray telescopes to track down the youngest supernova in our galaxy as observed from Earth, an object otherwise undetectable near...

Lockheed wins GPS 3
Posted: Fri, May 16 6:30 AM ET (1030 GMT)
Lockheed Martin has won a contract worth nearly $1.5 billion to develop the first block of next-generation GPS satellites. The Air Force awarded...