President signs NASA authorization bill
Posted: Fri, Oct 17 11:36 AM ET (1536 GMT)
President Bush signed into law this week authorizing legislation for NASA that, among other things, directs NASA to carry out another shuttle flight to the...

NASA plans to "reboot" Hubble with backup computer
Posted: Wed, Oct 15 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
NASA engineers plan to switch the Hubble Space Telescope to a backup science computer this week after the primary computer failed in late September. Controllers...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Tue, Oct 14 7:22 AM ET (1122 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft docked with the International Space Station early Tuesday, bringing one Russian and two Americans, including a space tourist, to the orbiting outpost....

Soyuz launches to ISS
Posted: Sun, Oct 12 11:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two professional astronauts and one commercial passenger lifted off early Sunday on a flight to the International Space Station. The Soyuz...

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...