Second moon may explain lunar farside
Posted: Thu, Aug 4 7:10 AM ET (1110 GMT)
The impact of a second moon with the Earth's Moon may explain why the far side of the Moon is so mountainous, scientists reported...

Russian ISS spacewalk partially successful
Posted: Thu, Aug 4 6:56 AM ET (1056 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts worked for nearly six and a half hours outside the International Space Station on Wednesday but we not able to complete all...

Columbia debris found in Texas lake
Posted: Wed, Aug 3 7:43 AM ET (1143 GMT)
A piece of debris from the space shuttle Columbia has been found in Texas lakebed eight and a half years after the shuttle was destroyed....

NASA releases new images of Vesta
Posted: Tue, Aug 2 9:32 AM ET (1332 GMT)
NASA released Monday the first detailed images taken of Vesta by the Dawn spacecraft now orbiting the main belt asteroid. The images were taken last...

Proton selected to launch Inmarsat spacecraft
Posted: Tue, Aug 2 9:12 AM ET (1312 GMT)
Inmarsat has picked International Launch Services to launch its next generation of mobile broadband satellites, the companies announced Monday. The three Inmarsat-5 satellites will...

China launches experimental satellite
Posted: Fri, Jul 29 8:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
China launched the latest in a series of what government officials call "experimental" satellites on Friday. The Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the...

First Earth Trojan asteroid discovered
Posted: Thu, Jul 28 9:36 AM ET (1336 GMT)
Astronomers sifting through data from a NASA satellite have discovered the first "Trojan" asteroid sharing the same general orbit as the Earth. Astronomers found the...

China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Wed, Jul 27 6:47 AM ET (1047 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed the latest spacecraft for China's satellite navigation system into orbit on Wednesday. The Long March 3A rocket lifted off...

NASA selects Mars rover landing site
Posted: Sat, Jul 23 7:38 AM ET (1138 GMT)
NASA's next Mars rover will land in a large crater that features a mountain the rover will climb, project scientists announced Friday. The Mars...

Atlantis lands, ending shuttle era
Posted: Thu, Jul 21 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida Thursday morning, ending the final mission in the 30-year shuttle program. Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space...