NASA tests inflatable heat shield
Posted: Wed, Aug 19 7:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
A NASA suborbital rocket tested Monday an inflatable heat shield that could reduce the weight of future reentry capsules. The Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment (...

Lockheed space unit to cut 800 jobs
Posted: Wed, Aug 19 7:27 AM ET (1127 GMT)
Lockheed Martin plans to cut 800 jobs in its space unit later this year to improve its "competitive posture", the company announced this week. Lockheed...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite for final time
Posted: Tue, Aug 18 3:02 PM ET (1902 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket launched a GPS navigation satellite early Monday, completing a 20-year run of launches of such satellites. The Delta 2 7925-...

Panel: budgets don't match exploration plans
Posted: Fri, Aug 14 11:24 AM ET (1524 GMT)
NASA's current exploration plans cannot be achieved on the current timeline without the infusion of an additional $50 billion over the next decade, and...

Tropical storm discovered on Titan
Posted: Thu, Aug 13 11:32 AM ET (1532 GMT)
Scientists have detected a storm in the equatorial regions in the otherwise "very bland" atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. In a paper in the...

Proton launches AsiaSat 5
Posted: Wed, Aug 12 9:46 AM ET (1346 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully placed a commercial communications satellite for AsiaSat into orbit Wednesday. The Proton-M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...

Spitzer spots planetary collision
Posted: Tue, Aug 11 9:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed the aftermath of what scientists believe is the collision of two planetary bodies around a young star. Spitzer...

Kepler passes scientific tests
Posted: Fri, Aug 7 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
Observations of a star known to have an extrasolar planet have confirmed that a new NASA spacecraft should be able to detect Earth-sized worlds...

Augustine panel narrows options for NASA exploration plans
Posted: Thu, Aug 6 8:01 AM ET (1201 GMT)
Members of a committee examining the future of NASA's human spaceflight plans presented seven options they are studying Wednesday, ranging from variants of the...

Shuttle rolled out to pad
Posted: Wed, Aug 5 8:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery rolled out to its launch pad on Tuesday, a rollout that took longer than expected because of soggy conditions. Discovery, attached...