Software glitch likely cause of Phobos-Grunt failure
Posted: Fri, Jan 20 6:29 AM ET (1129 GMT)
Despite Russian claims that a US military radar may have crippled its Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, an investigation into the loss of the Mars-bound spacecraft...

NASA renames GRAIL spacecraft
Posted: Thu, Jan 19 2:17 PM ET (1917 GMT)
NASA announced this week that it has renamed the two GRAIL spacecraft that entered orbit around the Moon at the beginning of the year. The...

SpaceX delays next COTS launch
Posted: Mon, Jan 16 7:15 PM ET (0015 GMT)
SpaceX announced Monday that is it pushing back the launch of a cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station to give the company more time...

Phobos-Grunt reenters over Pacific
Posted: Sun, Jan 15 8:22 PM ET (0122 GMT)
Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft reentered on Sunday over a region of the South Pacific Ocean, according to Russian military reports. The Russian Ministry of...

ISS adjusts orbit to avoid debris
Posted: Sat, Jan 14 3:45 PM ET (2045 GMT)
The International Space Station moved into a slightly higher orbit on Friday to avois a close call with debris from a 2009 satellite collision. Thusters...

China launches weather satellite
Posted: Fri, Jan 13 9:20 PM ET (0220 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a weather satellite into orbit on Friday. The Long March 3A rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center...

Phobos-Grunt reentry expected this weekend
Posted: Fri, Jan 13 8:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
Russian officials and outside experts now believe the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, trapped in a decaying Earth orbit since November, will reenter by Monday. The latest...

MSL successfully adjusts course
Posted: Thu, Jan 12 2:20 PM ET (1920 GMT)
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft fired its thrusters late Wednesday to put the spacecraft on course for a Red Planet landing in August....

Kepler finds solar system of three small exoplanets
Posted: Thu, Jan 12 9:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
Scientists analyzing data collected by NASA's Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft have discovered a solar system consisting of three of the smallest exoplanets yet discovered....

Astronomers estimate more planets than stars in our galaxy
Posted: Thu, Jan 12 8:41 AM ET (1341 GMT)
The number of planets in our galaxy likely exceeds the number of stars, putting the total number of worlds at over 100 billion, astronomers reported...