Ares 1-X launch scrubbed
Posted: Wed, Oct 28 6:47 AM ET (1047 GMT)
NASA scrubbed Tuesday's attempted launch of the Ares 1-X rocket after weather and other issues developed during the morning. The rocket, a suborbital...

New ISRO chairman named
Posted: Wed, Oct 28 6:37 AM ET (1037 GMT)
The Indian space agency will get a new leader at the end of this month, government officials announced over the weekend. K Radhakrishnan, current director...

Augustine committee report released
Posted: Thu, Oct 22 10:01 PM ET (0201 GMT)
A White House-chartered panel to study the future of NASA's human spaceflight program released its final report Thursday, largely supporting the options it...

Ares 1-X rolled out to pad
Posted: Wed, Oct 21 10:13 AM ET (1413 GMT)
NASA's Ares 1-X rocket, a suborbital prototype of the planned Ares 1 rocket, rolled out to the pad early Tuesday in advance of...

Lockheed space unit reports increased sales, lower profit
Posted: Wed, Oct 21 9:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)
The space unit of Lockheed Martin reported increased sales in its the third quarter of 2009, but slightly lower profit, the company announced Tuesday. Lockheed'...

Dozens of new exoplanets discovered
Posted: Tue, Oct 20 6:58 AM ET (1058 GMT)
Astronomers announced Monday the discovery of over 30 new extrasolar planets, bringing the total number of such worlds found to date to 400. The discoveries,...

NASA delays STS-129 launch
Posted: Tue, Oct 20 6:41 AM ET (1041 GMT)
NASA has pushed back the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis four days because of range conflicts and to allow more time for the planned...

Space scientist arrested on espionage charges
Posted: Tue, Oct 20 6:31 AM ET (1031 GMT)
A scientist who played a key role in the Clementine lunar mission in the 1990s was arrested by the FBI on Monday on charges of...

Atlas launches defense weather satellite
Posted: Sun, Oct 18 9:11 PM ET (0111 GMT)
An Atlas 5 launched a military weather satellite Sunday morning from California. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from a foggy Space Launch Complex-3...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Oct 18 12:14 PM ET (1614 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Saturday evening. The Progress M-03M spacecraft docked with the Pirs airlock module of the...