ESA seeks Russian cooperation on Mars mission
Posted: Mon, Oct 17 7:32 AM ET (1132 GMT)
Unable to get a commitment from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) is in discussions with Russia to launch a Mars orbiter later this decade....

Astronomers date when universe's "cosmic fog" lifted
Posted: Fri, Oct 14 6:16 AM ET (1016 GMT)
Astronomers looking at the oldest galaxies in the universe have been able to establish a date for when a "cosmic fog" of hydrogen dissipated. Astronomers...

German satellite to reenter later this month
Posted: Thu, Oct 13 7:06 AM ET (1106 GMT)
A German astronomy satellite that has been in orbit for over 20 years will reenter later this month, posing an impact hazard slightly greater than...

India launches Earth science satellite
Posted: Wed, Oct 12 6:58 AM ET (1058 GMT)
An Indian rocket successfully launched a joint Indo-French Earth sciences satellite on Wednesday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off from India's...

Dawn images reveal giant mountain on Vesta
Posted: Tue, Oct 11 6:51 AM ET (1051 GMT)
New images released by NASA's Dawn mission feature a mountain three times the height of the tallest mountain on Earth. The latest images from...

China launches European communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 7 8:32 PM ET (0032 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a European communications satellite on Friday, marking the first Chinese launch for a Western company in over a decade. The...

Satellite failure disrupts Canadian communications
Posted: Fri, Oct 7 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
A communications satellite went into safe mode early Thursday, interrupting phone and data services over portions of North America. Telesat reported its Anik F2 communications...

Zenit launches communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Oct 6 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
A land-based Zenit rocket launched a commercial communications satellite early Thursday. The Zenit-3SLB rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at...

Astronomers win Physics Nobel for expanding universe discovery
Posted: Wed, Oct 5 7:47 AM ET (1147 GMT)
Three astronomers will share the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. The Royal Swedish Academy...

Soyuz returns to flight with Glonass launch
Posted: Tue, Oct 4 7:03 AM ET (1103 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Russian navigation satellite Monday on the first launch for that rocket since a failure in August. The Soyuz 2-1b...