VLA radio telescope renamed after astronomer
Posted: Wed, Jan 11 7:25 PM ET (0025 GMT)
The Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope in New Mexico has been renamed after a pioneering radio astronomer, but will retain the VLA as part...

Russian officials suggest foreign sabotage responsible for Phobos-Grunt failure
Posted: Wed, Jan 11 11:45 AM ET (1645 GMT)
The head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday that the failure of that country's latest Mars mission may have been caused by...

Astronomers unveil largest-ever dark matter map
Posted: Tue, Jan 10 9:35 AM ET (1435 GMT)
Astronomers released on Monday the largest map yet compiled of dark matter in the universe, matching previous predictions of its distribution. The Canada-France-Hawaii...

China launches remote sensing satellite
Posted: Tue, Jan 10 9:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a Chinese remote sensing satellite into orbit Monday for the first launch of 2012. The Long March 4B rocket lifted...

Mars Science Lab prepares for course correction
Posted: Sun, Jan 8 8:55 AM ET (1355 GMT)
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft is scheduled to perform a course correction this week that will put the probe on track for a...

Phobos-Grunt reentry predicted for mid-January
Posted: Wed, Jan 4 1:35 PM ET (1835 GMT)
Russian officials said Wednesday they now expect the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, launched two months ago on a mission to Mars, to reenter on or around...

Second GRAIL spacecraft arrives in lunar orbit
Posted: Sun, Jan 1 8:55 PM ET (0155 GMT)
Just over a day after the first of two NASA spacecraft went into orbit around the Moon, its twin successfully entered lunar orbit. The Gravity...

First GRAIL spacecraft enters orbit
Posted: Sat, Dec 31 10:21 PM ET (0321 GMT)
The first of NASA's twin lunar spacecraft entered orbit around the Moon on Saturday. The Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) A spacecraft fired...

China issues space policy white paper
Posted: Fri, Dec 30 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
The Chinese government published on Thursday a white paper describing that country's five-year plan for spaceflight, including development of new launch vehicles and...

GRAIL spacecraft ready to enter lunar orbit
Posted: Fri, Dec 30 6:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
Two NASA spacecraft launched in December are ready to enter lunar orbit this weekend, project officials confirmed this week. The twin Gravity Recovery And Interior...