Shuttle cleared for March 11 launch
Posted: Thu, Mar 5 7:06 AM ET (1206 GMT)
Shuttle managers agreed Wednesday to make preparations for the launch of the space shuttle Discovery on the evening of March 11 after resolving an issue...

Mars gullies show signs of recent flowing water
Posted: Wed, Mar 4 7:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
A gully system on Mars appears to have been created by flowing water relatively recently in the planet's history, scientists reported this week. The...

Chinese lunar orbiter ends mission with crash landing
Posted: Sun, Mar 1 12:06 PM ET (1706 GMT)
China's first mission to the Moon ended Sunday when the spacecraft deorbited and crashed to the lunar surface, as planned. Chang'e-1 hit...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Sat, Feb 28 3:00 PM ET (2000 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched a military communications satellite on Saturday. The Proton-K lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:10 pm EST Friday (...

White House proposes $18.7 billion budget for NASA in 2010
Posted: Fri, Feb 27 7:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
The Obama Administration released the outlines of its proposed fiscal year 2010 budget on Thursday, offering $18.7 billion for NASA while continuing plans to...

Land Launch places Telstar 11N in orbit
Posted: Fri, Feb 27 7:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
The multinational Land Launch venture successfully launched a commercial communications satellite on Thursday. The Zenit-3SLB lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 1:30...

March 12 date set for shuttle launch
Posted: Thu, Feb 26 7:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
NASA is tentatively planning to launch the space shuttle Discovery on the STS-119 mission to the ISS, a date that gives the agency little...

MRO enters "precautionary" mode
Posted: Thu, Feb 26 7:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft put itself into a safe mode this week after its main computer unexpectedly rebooted, JPL announced late Wednesday....

China to launch Eutelsat spacecraft
Posted: Wed, Feb 25 8:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
China has won a contract to launch a European communications satellite, the Wall Street Journal reported in its Wednesday edition. The unspecified Eutelsat spacecraft is...

OCO launch fails
Updated: Tue, Feb 24 2:56 PM ET (1956 GMT)
Originally Posted: Tue, Feb 24 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
The launch of a satellite designed to monitor carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere apparently failed early Tuesday when the rocket's payload fairing...