Curiosity detects water and perchlorates in Martian soil
Posted: Fri, Sep 27 7:05 AM ET (1105 GMT)
Martian soil contains several percent water by weight, but also may contain a toxic chemical, scientists analyzing data from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover reported...

Japan wins commercial launch contract for H-2A
Posted: Fri, Sep 27 6:40 AM ET (1040 GMT)
The Japanese company that markets the H-2A rocket announced Thursday that it had won its first contract for the launch of a commercial communications...

Soyuz docks with station
Posted: Thu, Sep 26 7:20 AM ET (1120 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Wednesday evening, doubling the population of the orbiting outpost. The Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft docked with...

Soyuz launches to ISS
Posted: Wed, Sep 25 8:34 PM ET (0034 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new International Space Station crewmembers is on its way to the station after a launch from Baikonur. The Soyuz rocket...

China launches small satellite
Posted: Wed, Sep 25 1:49 PM ET (1749 GMT)
A new small Chinese rocket launched a small Earth observing satellite on Wednesday. The rocket, called Kuaizhou, lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center...

Cygnus arrival at ISS delayed to Saturday
Posted: Tue, Sep 24 6:32 AM ET (1032 GMT)
Orbital Sciences and NASA have pushed back the arrival of the company's first Cygnus cargo spacecraft until Saturday, citing a tight schedule on the...

China launches weather satellite
Posted: Mon, Sep 23 5:45 AM ET (0945 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a Chinese weather satellite into polar orbit on Monday. The Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite...

Software problem delays Cygnus arrival at ISS
Posted: Sun, Sep 22 9:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
A software glitch with Orbital Science's Cygnus cargo spacecraft will postpone its arrival at the International Space Station until at least Tuesday, the company...

NASA declares Deep Impact spacecraft lost
Posted: Sat, Sep 21 10:15 AM ET (1415 GMT)
NASA announced Friday it had given up on efforts to try and recover the Deep Impact spacecraft, which had been out of contact with controllers...

Curiosity fails to detect methane on Mars
Posted: Fri, Sep 20 8:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
NASA's Curiosity rover has failed to detect methane in the Martian atmosphere, a finding that deals a setback for the prospects of life there....