Evidence for flowing water spotted on Mars
Posted: Fri, Aug 5 10:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
Dark streaks that form seasonally within a Martian crater could have been created by flowing, salty water, scientists announced Thursday. The dark streaks, no more...

Boeing selects Atlas 5 for commercial crew vehicle
Posted: Fri, Aug 5 8:07 AM ET (1207 GMT)
Boeing announced Thursday it will carry out the test flights of its commercial crew spacecraft on Atlas 5 rockets. Boeing's CST-100 will be...

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...