GOCE satellite reenters; no damage reported
Posted: Mon, Nov 11 6:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
An ESA satellite whose orbit had been decaying for several weeks reentered Sunday night, with no signs of damage from falling debris. The Gravity field...

Cosmonauts perform spacewalk with Olympic torch
Posted: Sun, Nov 10 10:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Saturday, carrying out a photo opportunity for the Olympic torch but having mixed...

GOCE satellite expected to reenter Sunday night
Posted: Sat, Nov 9 9:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
A European satellite in a decaying orbit is expected to reenter late Sunday or early Monday, but poses very little risk to people on Earth....

Astronomers spot asteroid with multiple comet-like tails
Posted: Fri, Nov 8 7:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)
Astronomers reported Thursday that they have spotted an object in the main asteroid belt that has six comet-like tails spouting from it, evidence that...

Soyuz launches, docks with ISS
Posted: Thu, Nov 7 7:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new International Space Station crewmembers lifted off early Thursday and docked with the ISS six hours later. A Soyuz rocket...

Chelyabinsk-class impacts more frequent that previously thought
Posted: Thu, Nov 7 7:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
Meteors like the one that exploded above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk earlier this year may be more frequent that previously thought, raising the impact...

India launches Mars Orbiter Mission
Posted: Tue, Nov 5 8:27 AM ET (1327 GMT)
A PSLV rocket successfully placed India's first Mars mission into a transfer orbit on Tuesday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off from the...

Study: Milky Way may have billions of potentially Earth-like planets
Posted: Tue, Nov 5 5:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
More than 20 percent of the Sun-like stars in the Milky Way galaxy may have Earth-sized planets orbiting in those stars' habitable zones,...

ATV reenters as ISS preps for new crew
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 1:02 PM ET (1802 GMT)
A European cargo spacecraft that undocked from the International Space Station earlier in the week reentered on Saturday, as the station made preparations for the...

Countdown begins for launch of India's first Mars mission
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 12:47 PM ET (1747 GMT)
The Indian space agency ISRO started the countdown Sunday of the launch Tuesday of that country's first Mars mission. The 56 hour, 30 minute...