Ground broken for Spaceport America
Posted: Mon, Jun 22 7:30 AM ET (1130 GMT)
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday for Spaceport America, a new commercial spaceport in New Mexico. The facility, located in the New Mexico desert north...

House passes NASA budget bill
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:50 AM ET (1450 GMT)
The US House of Representatives passed on Thursday an appropriations bill that retains a cut in NASA's exploration program for fiscal year 2010. The...

Atlas launches lunar missions
Posted: Fri, Jun 19 7:46 AM ET (1146 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a pair of NASA missions to study the Moon, the first US lunar missions in a decade. The Atlas...

Augustine committee holds first hearing
Posted: Thu, Jun 18 5:53 AM ET (0953 GMT)
A committee charterer by the White House to review NASA's human spaceflight plans held its first public meeting in Washington on Wednesday. The Review...

Arianespace wins two launch contracts
Posted: Thu, Jun 18 5:42 AM ET (0942 GMT)
Arianespace announced this week that it had won two contracts to launch communications satellites for Asian companies. Arianespace will launch the ABS-2 satellite for...

Shuttle launch postponed until July
Posted: Wed, Jun 17 5:51 AM ET (0951 GMT)
NASA scrubbed Wednesday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Endeavour after another gaseous hydrogen leak developed similar but not identical to the one that...

Endeavour cleared for Wednesday launch
Posted: Mon, Jun 15 9:48 PM ET (0148 GMT)
NASA announced Monday afternoon that the next attempt to launch the space shuttle Endeavour will take place Wednesday morning, forcing at least a one-day...

NASA to make shuttle launch decision Monday
Posted: Sun, Jun 14 10:10 PM ET (0210 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said late Sunday that they will make a decision no later than Monday afternoon about when to make the next attempt to...

Hydrogen leak scrubs shuttle launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 13 6:26 AM ET (1026 GMT)
NASA postponed Saturday's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour after detecting a hydrogen leak several hours before the scheduled liftoff time. Endeavour was on...

Stars found in eccentric orbits around galaxy
Posted: Fri, Jun 12 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week the discovery of a family of stars in unusual eccentric orbits around the galaxy, including one star that may have originated...