Kepler discovers planet in star's habitable zone
Posted: Tue, Dec 6 7:43 AM ET (1243 GMT)
Astronomers announced Monday the first discovery in data from NASA's Kepler mission of a planet in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star....

Commander of last shuttle mission to retire
Posted: Tue, Dec 6 7:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
The astronaut who commanded the final shuttle mission will leave NASA this week, the space agency announced Monday. Chris Ferguson, who commanded the STS-135...

ESA ends efforts to contact Phobos-Grunt
Posted: Sat, Dec 3 8:35 AM ET (1335 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced Friday it was ending efforts to establish communications with Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft after failing to restore control of...

China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Fri, Dec 2 7:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched the latest in a series of navigation satellites on Friday, in the process breaking a record for launch activity. The...

Air Force extends X-37 mission
Posted: Wed, Nov 30 7:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
The second flight of the Air Force's classified X-37B spaceplane will be extended beyond its original end this week. An Atlas 5 launched...

China launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Wed, Nov 30 7:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese reconnaissance satellite on Wednesday. The Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at...

Soyuz launches GLONASS satellite
Posted: Tue, Nov 29 7:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a new GLONASS navigation satellite on Monday. The Soyuz 2-1b rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...

Atlas launches Mars Science Laboratory
Posted: Sat, Nov 26 12:18 PM ET (1718 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully placed NASA's latest Mars rover on a trajectory to the Red Planet on Saturday. The Atlas 5 541 lifted...

Phobos-Grunt goes silent again
Posted: Sat, Nov 26 8:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
Contact with Phobos-Grunt, the Russian Mars mission stranded in Earth orbit for over two weeks, was lost again late this week. An ESA ground...

Proton launches AsiaSat 7
Posted: Sat, Nov 26 8:31 AM ET (1331 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a communications satellite for a Hong Kong-based company on Saturday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...