Wildfire threatens JPL, Mt. Wilson
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 11:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
A massive Southern California wildfire this weekend has closed NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and threatens the historic observatory atop Mt. Wilson. The "Station Fire"...

Contact lost with Chandrayaan-1
Posted: Sat, Aug 29 3:01 PM ET (1901 GMT)
The Indian space agency ISRO reported Saturday that it has lost communications with its first lunar orbiter, raising the possibility of a failure that would...

Discovery launched to ISS
Posted: Sat, Aug 29 9:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
Overcoming technical glitches and poor weather, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off Friday night on a mission to the International Space Station. Discovery launched at...

Ares engine test postponed
Posted: Fri, Aug 28 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT)
A technical problem forced the company developing the first stage of the Ares 1 launch vehicle from carrying out an engine test on Thursday. ATK...

Shuttle launch pushed to Friday night
Posted: Thu, Aug 27 9:38 PM ET (0138 GMT)
NASA officials decided Thursday to wait another nearly 24 hours before making another attempt to launch the shuttle to further study a faulty valve. Discovery,...

LCROSS problem causes fuel loss
Posted: Wed, Aug 26 1:56 PM ET (1756 GMT)
A NASA spacecraft scheduled to crash into the Moon in October used up much of its onboard fuel because of an attitude control problem over...

Fairing failure kept S. Korean satellite from reaching orbit
Posted: Wed, Aug 26 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
A satellite on South Korea's first orbital launch Tuesday failed to achieve orbit because the rocket's payload fairing failed to separate as planned,...

Valve problem delays Discovery
Posted: Wed, Aug 26 7:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)
Shuttle managers Tuesday delayed the next launch attempt of Discovery until at least Friday because of a valve problem detected during fueling. NASA had hoped...

South Korea launches rocket; satellite fate unknown
Posted: Tue, Aug 25 8:22 AM ET (1222 GMT)
South Korea launched its first orbital rocket on Tuesday, although the fate of the satellite on board was not immediately clear. The Korea Space Launch...

Weather delays shuttle launch
Posted: Tue, Aug 25 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
Despite forecasts of good weather, thundershowers kept the space shuttle Discovery from launching as scheduled early Tuesday. Discovery was set to launch at 1:36...