NASA selects first round of new NIAC grants
Posted: Tue, Aug 9 8:43 AM ET (1243 GMT)
NASA announced Monday the winners of grants under a new program to develop innovative space technologies. NASA selected 30 proposals submitted to its new NASA...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Sun, Aug 7 9:21 AM ET (1321 GMT)
A long-delayed Ariane 5 successfully launched two communications satellites on Saturday. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 6:52...

Atlas launches NASA mission to Jupiter
Posted: Fri, Aug 5 8:26 PM ET (0026 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched on Friday a NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter. The Atlas 5 551 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at...

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...