NASA keeps 2009 launch date for MSL
Posted: Sat, Oct 11 11:20 AM ET (1520 GMT)
NASA officials said Friday they're still planning to launch the most complex Mars rover ever a year from now despite problems with the spacecraft'...

SpaceDev founder Benson dies
Posted: Sat, Oct 11 10:52 AM ET (1452 GMT)
Jim Benson, the entrepreneur who founded the commercial space company SpaceDev over a decade ago, died Friday of a brain tumor at the age of...

Loral wins contract for new SES satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 10 7:30 AM ET (1130 GMT)
Commercial satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral will build a new large communications satellite for a division of satellite operator SES, the companies announced Thursday. SS/...

GeoEye releases image from new satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 10 7:22 AM ET (1122 GMT)
Commercial remote sensing company GeoEye has released the first high-resolution image from its newest satellite, GeoEye-1. The image, released this week, was taken...

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...