News briefs: October 11
Posted: Fri, Oct 12 12:53 AM ET (0453 GMT)
The Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan has tightened security in recent days, the Interfax news agency reported Thursday. The number of journalists and guests admitted to...

Giant dust storm observed on Mars
Posted: Fri, Oct 12 12:19 AM ET (0419 GMT)
Two NASA spacecraft have tracked the largest dust storm seen on Mars in 30 years, scientists announced Thursday. The giant dust storm developed in late...

JPL selects advanced technology projects for future missions
Posted: Fri, Oct 12 12:06 AM ET (0406 GMT)
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Wednesday that it has selected a trio of advanced technologies to fly in space on separate spacecraft in 2004. The...

News briefs: October 10
Posted: Thu, Oct 11 10:48 AM ET (1448 GMT)
Russian rocketry pioneer Vasili Mishin died in Moscow Wednesday at the age of 84. A key aide to Sergei Korolev, Mishin took over the Soviet...

Atlas launches NRO satellite
Posted: Thu, Oct 11 9:43 AM ET (1343 GMT)
An Atlas 2 booster successfully launched a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office Wednesday night. The Atlas 2AS, codenamed "Aquila", lifted off from Cape...

News briefs: October 9
Posted: Wed, Oct 10 12:11 AM ET (0411 GMT)
China is planning an unmanned mission to the Moon, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday. The report quoted Chinese National Space Administration chief Luan...

News briefs: October 8
Posted: Tue, Oct 9 9:48 AM ET (1348 GMT)
A new US Defense Department report recommends a increased use of space, as well as measured to deny access to space future enemies. The Quadrennial...

Cosmonauts perform spacewalk outside ISS
Posted: Mon, Oct 8 7:28 PM ET (2328 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts successfully completed a five-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station Monday. Cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Turin opened the hatch on...

Proton launches Russian military communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Oct 7 11:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched a Russian military communications satellite Saturday. The Proton lifted off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 12:45 pm EDT (1645 GMT) and...

Astronomers discover infant galaxy
Posted: Sun, Oct 7 11:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
A team of astronomers announced Friday that they have found a distant galaxy in the process of forming, a key discovery in efforts to understand...