Earth's gravity can alter passing asteroids
Posted: Thu, Jan 21 7:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
The surfaces of asteroids that pass near the Earth can be shaken by the Earth's gravity, which may explain differences in color for these...

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...