Discovery flown to Washington
Posted: Wed, Apr 18 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery made its final trip on Tuesday, flown on its 747 carrier aircraft from the Kennedy Space Center to Washington to be...

NASA tentatively confirms April 30 SpaceX launch
Posted: Tue, Apr 17 6:56 AM ET (1056 GMT)
NASA and SpaceX officials met Monday and gave approval for an April 30 launch of a SpaceX's Dragon mission to the ISS, pending some...

NASA seeks input on Mars mission concepts
Posted: Sat, Apr 14 10:13 AM ET (1413 GMT)
NASA officials said Friday they are seeking ideas for potential future Mars missions as part of the agency's effort to restructure its Mars exploration...

North Korean launch fails
Posted: Fri, Apr 13 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
A North Korean rocket lifted off early Friday but failed to place its satellite into orbit, a failure even acknowledged by government officials. The Unha-...

Contact lost with Envisat
Posted: Fri, Apr 13 9:54 AM ET (1354 GMT)
The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed Thursday that it has lost contact with its Envisat earth observing satellite. ESA announced in a statement that contact...

Orbital rolls out Antares rocket
Posted: Thu, Apr 12 9:24 AM ET (1324 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation rolled out the first stage of its Antares rocket to its new launch pad in Virginia on Wednesday in preparation for tests...

SpaceX moving ahead with plans for Texas launch site
Posted: Tue, Apr 10 7:12 AM ET (1112 GMT)
A regulatory filing released Monday is the latest evidence that SpaceX is pursuing plans for a new spaceport on the Gulf Coast of Texas. The...

North Korea unveils rocket for satellite launch attempt
Posted: Mon, Apr 9 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
North Korean officials, in a rare display of openness, showed off to foreign visitors Sunday a rocket they plan to launch later this week. Foreign...

Venus may have aurorae without a magnetic field
Posted: Sat, Apr 7 9:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)
Venus, a planet without its own magnetic field, may still be able to generate auroral activity, scientists reported this week. Data collected by Europe's...

NASA panel extends Kepler, other astronomy missions
Posted: Thu, Apr 5 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
A NASA panel has concluded the agency should extend the mission of Kepler, a space telescope searching for extrasolar planets, as well as a number...