LRO spots impacts sites of GRAIL spacecraft
Posted: Tue, Mar 26 8:11 AM ET (1211 GMT)
A NASA orbiter has photographed the impacts sites of two other NASA spacecraft that crashed into the Moon in December. NASA released last week images...

High seas delay Dragon splashdown
Posted: Sat, Mar 23 10:16 AM ET (1416 GMT)
Rough seas in the Pacific will delay the return to Earth of a Dragon cargo spacecraft by one day, NASA reported Friday. The Dragon was...

Planck data refine age and composition of universe
Posted: Fri, Mar 22 8:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
Analysis of observations of the cosmic microwave background by a European spacecraft have led astronomers to conclude the universe is slightly older, and with slightly...

Amazon.com founder recovers Saturn 5 engines from ocean floor
Posted: Fri, Mar 22 8:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
An expedition sponsored by the founder of Amazon.com has recovered portions of F-1 engines from Saturn 5 rockets launched from Cape Canaveral decades...

Voyager scientists dispute claim spacecraft has left solar system
Posted: Thu, Mar 21 6:28 AM ET (1028 GMT)
The project scientist of NASA's Voyager spacecraft said Wednesday he disagreed with a claim in a newly-published paper that the Voyager 1 spacecraft...

Atlas launches missile warning satellite
Posted: Wed, Mar 20 6:43 AM ET (1043 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched the second in the latest generation of missile early warning satellites on Tuesday. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off...

Arianespace, Sea Launch announce new contracts
Posted: Tue, Mar 19 6:44 AM ET (1044 GMT)
Arianespace has won a contract to launch three Intelsat spacecraft while Sea Launch has an agreement to launch an EchoStar spacecraft despite a launch failure...

Curiosity suffers another computer glitch
Posted: Tue, Mar 19 6:28 AM ET (1028 GMT)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is again in safe mode after another problem with its computers, but should resume normal operations in a few days,...

ISS crew returns to Earth
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 9:06 AM ET (1306 GMT)
Two Russian and one American ISS crewmembers safely landed early Saturday in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft landed at the planned landing site northeast...

Europe and Russia sign ExoMars accord
Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2:13 PM ET (1813 GMT)
The European Space Agency and Roscosmos formally signed an agreement Thursday to cooperate on two missions to Mars late this decade. Under the agreement for...