NASA safety panel endorses Ares 1
Posted: Tue, Jan 19 7:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
An independent safety panel recommended to NASA that it retain the Ares 1 rocket under development and not extend the shuttle program. The Aerospace Safety...

China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Sun, Jan 17 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
China performed the first orbital launch of 2010 early Sunday by placing a navigation satellite into orbit. The Long March 3C lifted off from the...

Cosmonauts perform ISS spacewalk
Posted: Fri, Jan 15 1:42 PM ET (1842 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts performed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday to prepare a new docking module for use. Oleg Kotov and Max...

Small asteroid passes near Earth
Posted: Thu, Jan 14 7:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
A small object believed to be an asteroid passed near the Earth Wednesday. The object, 2010 AL30, came within 122,000 kilometers of the Earth...

Florida airport receives spaceport license
Posted: Wed, Jan 13 7:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
An airport outside Jacksonville, Florida, is the latest facility to be licensed as a commercial spaceport in the US. Cecil Field, a former naval air...

Payload problem could delay shuttle mission
Posted: Sat, Jan 9 7:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)
A problem with a module destined for the International Space Station could delay next month's schedule launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. The shuttle...

EU awards Galileo contracts
Posted: Fri, Jan 8 8:00 AM ET (1300 GMT)
The European Union announced Thursday a series of contracts to build and launch the initial set of satellites for the Galileo navigation system. The biggest...

NASA releases first WISE image
Posted: Thu, Jan 7 2:08 PM ET (1908 GMT)
NASA released on Wednesday the first image taken by a new infrared observatory launched last month. The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft is...

Endeavour rolled out to pad
Posted: Thu, Jan 7 8:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
NASA rolled out the space shuttle Endeavour to the launch pad on Wednesday in preparation for the first of the final five missions for the...

Falcon 9 completes engine tests
Posted: Wed, Jan 6 7:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
SpaceX announced Tuesday that the company has completed engine tests for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle, clearing the way for the rocket's inaugural launch...