ESA antenna receives signal from Phobos-Grunt
Posted: Wed, Nov 23 7:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
A European Space Agency antenna in Australia has detected a radio signal from Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, the first contract from the Mars-bound...

Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan
Posted: Tue, Nov 22 6:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three ISS crewmembers landed safely early Tuesday in the wintry steppes of Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft landed at 9:...

Aging Landsat satellite may be failing
Posted: Tue, Nov 22 6:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
A 27-year-old Earth observation satellite may be on the brink of failure after a recent malfunction, the US Geological Survey reports. The Landsat...

China launches two satellites
Posted: Sun, Nov 20 11:29 AM ET (1629 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed two Chinese research satellites into orbit on Sunday. The Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch...

MSL launch delayed a day
Posted: Sun, Nov 20 11:19 AM ET (1619 GMT)
NASA announced Saturday that the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission will be delayed a day to replace a component on its launch...

Shenzhou-8 returns to Earth
Posted: Fri, Nov 18 7:18 AM ET (1218 GMT)
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft that tested docking technology returned to Earth on Thursday. The Shenzhou-8 spacecraft landed in China's Inner Mongolia region at...

Scientists detect potential subsurface lakes on Europa
Posted: Thu, Nov 17 7:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
Planetary scientists have discovered what they believe to be a lake of water below the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Scientists modeled regions...

Congressional compromise provides $17.8 billion for NASA
Posted: Wed, Nov 16 6:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
A House-Senate conference committee has finalized a 2012 spending bill that includes $17.8 billion for NASA, funding a space telescope but cutting money...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Nov 16 6:02 AM ET (1102 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new International Space Station crewmembers docked with the station early Wednesday, ending any remaining fears that the station would soon...

Shenzhou undocks, redocks with Tiangong module
Posted: Tue, Nov 15 7:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
An uncrewed Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft undocked from the experimental Tiangong-1 module on Monday and redocked with the module a short time later, the last...