Planetary Society announces solar sail plans
Posted: Wed, Nov 11 7:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
The Planetary Society announced Monday plans to fly as many as three solar sail missions in the coming years to demonstrate the technology behind the...

Team wins prize in power beaming competition
Posted: Wed, Nov 11 7:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
One of three teams competing in a NASA competition to demonstrate power beaming technology won $900,000 in prize money last week. Seattle-based LaserMotive...

First Soyuz rockets shipped to French Guiana
Posted: Wed, Nov 11 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
The first two Soyuz rockets scheduled to launch from a new launch site in French Guiana have left Russia, Arianespace announced. The rockets are being...

Phoenix lander spotted from orbit
Posted: Sun, Nov 8 8:08 PM ET (0108 GMT)
NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander, whose mission ended almost exactly a year ago, has been spotted in images taken in recent months by the Mars...

Debris poses brief concern for station
Posted: Sun, Nov 8 7:55 PM ET (0055 GMT)
A small piece of space debris passed close to the station late Friday, close enough that mission controllers briefly considered having the station's crew...

MESSENGER reveals more of Mercury
Posted: Wed, Nov 4 7:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
Scientists released Tuesday images and other data collected by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft as it flew past Mercury in September. Only some of the planned...

Winners announced in Lunar Lander Challenge
Posted: Tue, Nov 3 7:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
NASA confirmed late Monday that it will award $1.65 million in prizes to two teams who carried out flights as part of the Lunar...

Rockot launches ESA satellites
Posted: Mon, Nov 2 2:03 PM ET (1903 GMT)
A Russian Rockot vehicle placed two European satellites into orbit early Monday. The Rockot booster lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodome in northern Russia at...

HTV undocks from ISS
Posted: Sun, Nov 1 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
The first Japanese cargo spacecraft to visit the ISS undocked on Friday in preparation to reenter. The H-2 Transfer Vehicle (HTV) was removed from...

Ares 1-X booster damaged by parachute failure
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 3:05 PM ET (1905 GMT)
The solid rocket booster used on the Ares 1-X test flight on Wednesday was damaged after parachutes designed to slow its descent failed, NASA...