GOCE mission ends, satellite to reenter
Posted: Wed, Oct 23 7:12 AM ET (1112 GMT)
A European spacecraft that mapped the Earth's gravity field formally ended its mission on Monday and will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in the...

Proton launch postponed a day
Posted: Sun, Oct 20 1:35 PM ET (1735 GMT)
The launch of a radio broadcasting satellite on a Proton rocket has been postponed a day because of a problem with a satellite ground station....

Upper stage investigation delays next Delta 4 launch
Updated: Sat, Oct 19 11:20 AM ET (1520 GMT)
Originally Posted: Sat, Oct 19 11:20 AM ET (1520 GMT)
United Launch Alliance (ULA) said Friday it has postponed next week's scheduled launch of a GPS satellite on a Delta 4 in order to...

Astronomers find tilted solar system
Posted: Fri, Oct 18 10:29 AM ET (1429 GMT)
Astronomers reported this week the discovery of a solar system whose inner planets are at a sharp angle to the rotational plane of the star...

Chelyabinsk meteorite fragment pulled from lake
Posted: Thu, Oct 17 9:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
The largest fragment of the meteor that exploded above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February has been recovered from the bottom a lake. A...

Europe to embark on all-electric satellite program
Posted: Wed, Oct 16 9:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
The European Space Agency, a satellite operator, and a satellite manufacturer announced plans Tuesday to jointly develop a communications satellite platform that exclusively uses electric...

LADEE enters commissioning orbit
Posted: Tue, Oct 15 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
NASA's LADEE lunar orbiter spacecraft entered a circular orbit late Saturday, starting a process of checking out the spacecraft and testing its laser communications...

Juno recovers from safe mode
Posted: Sat, Oct 12 11:09 AM ET (1509 GMT)
NASA's Juno spacecraft exited safe mode late Friday, two days after it entered that protective state during an Earth flyby. Officials with the Southwest...

Roscosmos leadership replaced
Posted: Fri, Oct 11 8:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
The Russian government has replaced the head and other senior officials of the space agency Roscosmos in the latest effort to reform the nation's...

Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter passes away
Posted: Thu, Oct 10 7:36 PM ET (2336 GMT)
Scott Carpenter, the second American to go into orbit, died Thursday at the age of 88. Carpenter suffered a stroke late last month and had...