NASA awards commercial crew funds
Posted: Wed, Feb 3 7:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
As NASA begins plans to rely on commercial providers to carry astronauts into low Earth orbit, the agency awarded Monday $50 million to five companies...

NPOESS program restructured
Posted: Tue, Feb 2 8:20 AM ET (1320 GMT)
A weather satellite program that has suffered from delays and cost overruns will be restructured in the administration's budget request, unwinding a controversial joint...

NASA budget proposal would cancel Constellation
Posted: Mon, Feb 1 7:27 PM ET (0027 GMT)
The White House released its proposed fiscal year 2011 budget Monday that included a radical new proposal to end NASA's Constellation program. The $19-...

SpaceX wins contract for Israeli satellite launch
Posted: Fri, Jan 29 6:21 AM ET (1121 GMT)
SpaceX, seeking to gain a foothold in the commercial GEO satellite launch market, announced this week that it won a contract to launch an Israeli...

Eutelsat spacecraft suffers anomaly
Posted: Fri, Jan 29 6:09 AM ET (1109 GMT)
A Eutelsat communications satellite suffered a technical problem late Wednesday, disrupting broadcasting services. The Eutelsat W2 spacecraft, located at 16 degrees east in GEO, went...

Russia launches military communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Jan 28 2:00 PM ET (1900 GMT)
A Proton rocket placed a Russian military communications satellite into orbit early Thursday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at...

Reports: White House to increase NASA budget, cancel Ares
Posted: Thu, Jan 28 7:42 AM ET (1242 GMT)
After weeks of rumors of substantial changes to NASA's future space exploration programs, White House and NASA officials said late Wednesday that the agency'...

Endeavour cleared for launch
Posted: Thu, Jan 28 7:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
Shuttle managers Wednesday gave their approval for plans to launch the space shuttle Endeavour early next month. Endeavour is scheduled to launch on mission STS-...

Spirit rover to remain stationary
Posted: Wed, Jan 27 7:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Spirit, stuck in a sand trap on the Martian surface for close to a year, will remain there permanently as project...

Impact histories explain differences in Jovian moons
Posted: Tue, Jan 26 7:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
Differences in the number and velocity of cometary impacts can explain the differences in the surfaces and interiors of two large moons of Jupiter, scientists...