Colorado seeks spaceport designation for Denver-area airport
Posted: Fri, Dec 9 8:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
The governor of the state of Colorado said this week the state will seek to obtain a spaceport license from the federal government for an...

Opportunity finds more evidence of past liquid water on Mars
Posted: Thu, Dec 8 1:41 PM ET (1841 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has found veins of minerals that scientists say could have only formed in the presence of liquid water. Scientists said...

Astronomers discover biggest supermassive black holes
Posted: Wed, Dec 7 8:24 AM ET (1324 GMT)
Astronomers announced the discovery this week of the two largest black holes ever found. One of the supermassive black holes, located in the heart of...

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...