Dawn flies past Mars
Posted: Thu, Feb 19 8:00 AM ET (1300 GMT)
NASA's Dawn mission flew past Mars late Tuesday on its way to the asteroid belt. The spacecraft passed 550 kilometers from the surface of...

Liberty loan keeps Sirius XM out of bankruptcy
Posted: Wed, Feb 18 7:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Liberty Media and Sirius XM Radio reached an agreement Tuesday on a $530-million loan designed to keep the satellite radio company out of bankruptcy....

Texas fireball not linked to satellite collision
Posted: Tue, Feb 17 7:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
A brilliant fireball that streaked across Texas on Sunday was not created by debris from a satellite collision last week, according to military officials who...

Stimulus bill includes $1 billion for NASA
Posted: Sat, Feb 14 9:37 AM ET (1437 GMT)
Congress approved a nearly $800-billion stimulus package on Friday that includes $1 billion for NASA. That $1 billion includes $400 million set aside for "...

STS-119 mission delayed again
Posted: Sat, Feb 14 9:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
The launch of the next shuttle was pushed back once again on Friday to give engineers more time to study issues with a flow control...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Feb 13 10:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft launched earlier this week docked with the International Space Station early Friday. The Progress M-66 (designated Progress 32 by NASA)...

Ariane launches communications and military satellites
Posted: Fri, Feb 13 7:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched a pair of commercial communications satellites and two military technology demonstration satellites Thursday evening. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off...

Iridium and Russian satellites collide in orbit
Posted: Wed, Feb 11 10:30 PM ET (0330 GMT)
A commercial communications satellite and a defunct Russian satellite collided in low Earth orbit on Tuesday, creating clouds of debris that could pose a hazard...

Proton launches two communications satellites
Posted: Wed, Feb 11 6:43 AM ET (1143 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched two Russian communications satellites early Wednesday. The Proton M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:03...

Report: Sirius XM preparing bankruptcy filing
Posted: Tue, Feb 10 9:56 PM ET (0256 GMT)
Satellite radio company Sirius XM is making plans to file for bankruptcy protection, perhaps within days, the New York Times reported Tuesday afternoon. The company,...