Observations confirm asteroid entry
Posted: Thu, Oct 9 7:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
A small asteroid discovered Sunday burned up in the Earth's atmosphere early Tuesday as expected, astronomers announced this week. The asteroid, 2008 TC3, entered...

MESSENGER captures new views of Mercury
Posted: Thu, Oct 9 7:15 AM ET (1115 GMT)
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has returned images of portions of the planet Mercury never seen before, taken during a flyby of the innermost planet earlier...

Dyson to be backup on Simonyi flight
Posted: Thu, Oct 9 7:03 AM ET (1103 GMT)
Technology expert and investor Esther Dyson will train as the backup to space tourist Charles Simonyi for his repeat flight to the ISS, Space Adventures...

Small asteroid to burn up over Africa
Posted: Mon, Oct 6 9:38 PM ET (0138 GMT)
A newly-discovered small asteroid will enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up over Africa in the early morning hours Tuesday, NASA announced Monday....

Kuiper Belt less crowded than expected
Posted: Sun, Oct 5 8:19 PM ET (0019 GMT)
The Kuiper Belt of icy objects in the outer reaches of the solar system contained fewer medium-sized objects than first thought, according to a...

MESSENGER ready for second Mercury flyby
Posted: Sun, Oct 5 8:12 PM ET (0012 GMT)
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is set to make the second of three planned flybys of the innermost planet, Mercury, early Monday. The spacecraft will make...

Dnepr launches Thai remote sensing satellite
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 2:11 PM ET (1811 GMT)
A Dnepr rocket successfully launched a long-delayed remote sensing satellite for Thailand on Wednesday. The Dnepr rocket lifted off from Yasny launch site in...

Former astronaut to take over NASA KSC
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
A former astronaut has been tapped to become the new director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, replacing the current director, who is taking a...

Space tourist to make repeat trip to ISS
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
A former Microsoft executive who flew to the International Space Station as a space tourist last year plans to make a second trip there next...

Hubble problems to delay repair mission
Posted: Tue, Sep 30 7:22 AM ET (1122 GMT)
A new problem with the Hubble Space Telescope will delay a shuttle mission to repair the orbiting telescope until early next year. Hubble stopped transmitting...