Opportunity to climb out of crater
Posted: Thu, Aug 28 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity will soon exit a crater it has been exploring for nearly a year, in part as a precaution as the...

Senators ask Bush to preserve shuttle infrastructure
Posted: Thu, Aug 28 12:12 AM ET (0412 GMT)
Three members of the US Senate, including Republican presidential nominee John McCain, have asked President Bush not to take any steps that would keep NASA...

NASA renames GLAST, releases first images
Posted: Thu, Aug 28 12:06 AM ET (0406 GMT)
NASA announced this week a new name for a recently-launched gamma-ray telescope as well as the first images returned by the spacecraft. The...

Suborbital rocket explodes after liftoff
Posted: Fri, Aug 22 9:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
An ATK-developed suborbital rocket carrying two NASA experiments exploded shortly after liftoff from Virginia Friday morning. The ATK Launch Vehicle (ALV) X-1 lifted...

Shock absorbers to cope with Ares 1 oscillations
Posted: Thu, Aug 21 8:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
NASA plans to install high-tech shock absorbers on its Ares 1 rocket to damp out thrust oscillations in the booster, agency officials said this...

Iranian satellite launch attempt a failure
Posted: Thu, Aug 21 8:43 AM ET (1243 GMT)
A launch last weekend by Iran that the country's government claimed put a satellite into orbit was, in fact, a failure, according to information...

Proton launches Inmarsat satellite
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 7:53 PM ET (2353 GMT)
The Proton rocket returned to commercial service with the successful launch Tuesday of an Inmarsat communications satellite. The Proton M lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome...

Obama releases detailed space policy
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 7:39 PM ET (2339 GMT)
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama released a detailed space policy document on Sunday that officially endorses a return to the Moon. The six-page document...

KSC closed for tropical storm
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 10:31 AM ET (1431 GMT)
For the second time in two weeks a NASA center has been closed as a precaution because of an approaching tropical storm. NASA's Kennedy...

Report: Iran performs space launch
Posted: Sun, Aug 17 8:16 PM ET (0016 GMT)
Iran has carried out the launch of a rocket at least capable of placing a satellite into orbit, although reports were unclear if the vehicle...