Curiosity rover resumes science operations
Posted: Thu, Mar 28 7:34 AM ET (1134 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed science operations this week after overcoming some technical problems, but will soon go on hiatus because of a break...

Proton returns to flight, launches Mexican satellite
Posted: Wed, Mar 27 7:26 AM ET (1126 GMT)
The Proton rocket returned to flight early Wednesday with the successful launch of a Mexican satellite. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...

Dragon completes mission with splashdown in Pacific
Posted: Wed, Mar 27 7:07 AM ET (1107 GMT)
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departed from the International Space Station on Tuesday, splashing down safely in the Pacific Ocean several hours later. The station's...

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...