Perchlorate detected in Martian soil
Posted: Wed, Aug 6 8:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)
Scientists with NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission said Tuesday that they have detected traces of perchlorate in samples of Martian soil analyzed by the...

Iridium picks finalists for new satellite system
Posted: Wed, Aug 6 8:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
Iridium Satellite LLC announced this week that it has selected two companies, Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space, as finalists for the contract to build...

JSC closed for tropical storm
Posted: Tue, Aug 5 9:07 AM ET (1307 GMT)
NASA's Johnson Space Center will remain closed through Tuesday as a tropical storm bears down on the Texas coast near Houston. Tropical Storm Edouard...

Obama modifies space policy position
Posted: Tue, Aug 5 9:00 AM ET (1300 GMT)
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama retracted an earlier proposal to delay NASA's Constellation program by five years Saturday, saying that he would work instead...

Falcon 1 launch fails
Updated: Sun, Aug 3 8:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
Originally Posted: Sun, Aug 3 1:14 AM ET (0514 GMT)
The third launch of the Falcon 1 small launch vehicle developed by SpaceX failed about two and a half minutes after launch Saturday night. The...

Report: White House briefed on Mars findings
Posted: Sat, Aug 2 11:23 PM ET (0323 GMT)
NASA has brief White House officials about unreleased findings from the Phoenix Mars Lander mission that could have implications for life on the Red Planet,...

SpaceX performs first full-thrust test of Falcon 9
Posted: Sat, Aug 2 11:10 PM ET (0310 GMT)
SpaceX announced Friday that it performed the first full-thrust test of the first stage of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle, using all nine engines....

Phoenix samples Martian water
Posted: Fri, Aug 1 9:23 AM ET (1323 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft has confirmed the presence of water ice at its landing site in the planet's north polar regions, scientists...

Lake of liquid ethane detected on Titan
Posted: Thu, Jul 31 11:40 PM ET (0340 GMT)
Scientists analyzing data from the Cassini spacecraft reported this week that they have discovered liquid ethane in one of the lakes spotted in the south...

EADS reports increased space revenues
Posted: Thu, Jul 31 11:23 PM ET (0323 GMT)
The space division of European aerospace company EADS reported this week increased revenues and earnings in the first half of 2008. EADS Astrium had earnings...