UARS expected to reenter late this week
Posted: Tue, Sep 20 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
NASA is predicting that a 20-year-old satellite will reenter the Earth's atmosphere on Friday, posing a very small but non-zero risk...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Mon, Sep 19 6:18 AM ET (1018 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese communications satellite on Monday in the first Chinese launch since an August launch failure. The Long March 3B...

Senate committee approves $17.9 billion NASA budget
Posted: Sat, Sep 17 11:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
The Senate Appropriations Committee this week approved a $17.9-billion budget for NASA that includes funding for exploration programs, commercial crew development, and the...

Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan
Posted: Fri, Sep 16 8:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three ISS crewmembers landed safely in Kazakhstan early Friday, but not without some nervous moments during its descent. The Soyuz TMA-...

Exoplanet found orbiting binary star system
Posted: Fri, Sep 16 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
Astronomers announced Thursday the discovery a planet orbiting a pair of stars, the first such extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, detected to date. Astronomers found the...

NASA announces SLS design
Posted: Wed, Sep 14 2:05 PM ET (1805 GMT)
NASA unveiled Wednesday morning its proposed design for the Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket, scheduled to make an initial test flight in 2017....

Next Soyuz launch to ISS rescheduled
Posted: Wed, Sep 14 7:00 AM ET (1100 GMT)
The Russian space agency Roskosmos announced Tuesday a new schedule of launches that would send a new crew to the ISS in mid-November. Roskosmos...

ATK and NASA sign agreement to support Liberty development
Posted: Wed, Sep 14 6:44 AM ET (1044 GMT)
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and NASA signed an unfunded Space Act Agreement (SAA) on Tuesday to help development of a proposed rocket that could be used...

Astronomers announce discovery of dozens of exoplanets
Posted: Tue, Sep 13 7:51 AM ET (1151 GMT)
Astronomers announced Monday the discovery of 50 new extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, including a "super-Earth" that orbits on the edge of a star's...

Delta 2 launches GRAIL spacecraft
Posted: Sat, Sep 10 12:56 PM ET (1656 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket successfully launched a pair of NASA spacecraft that will study the Moon's interior. The Delta 2 7920H lifted off from...