Chang'e-3 enters lunar orbit
Posted: Sat, Dec 7 10:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
A Chinese spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Friday in preparation for a landing on the lunar surface in about a week. Chang'e-3 fired...

Atlas launches NRO satellite
Posted: Fri, Dec 6 7:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket launched a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) late Thursday night. The Atlas 5 501 lifted off from Vandenberg...

Scientists detect water in atmospheres of several exoplanets
Posted: Fri, Dec 6 7:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week they had detected evidence of water in the atmospheres of several "hot Jupiter" exoplanets. Two groups of astronomers used observations of...

Falcon 9 launches SES-8 on third attempt
Posted: Wed, Dec 4 7:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
After two attempts last week were scrubbed by technical glitches, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched its first commercial geosynchronous orbit satellite on Tuesday...

China launches Chang'e-3 lunar lander
Posted: Mon, Dec 2 7:01 AM ET (1201 GMT)
A Long March rocket lifted off early Monday and placed China's first lunar lander mission on a trajectory towards the Moon. The Long March...

Indian Mars mission leaves Earth orbit
Posted: Sun, Dec 1 9:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
India's first Mars mission fired its main engine early Sunday to boost the spacecraft into a Mars-bound trajectory. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM),...

Progress docks with ISS in manual mode
Posted: Sat, Nov 30 9:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station took control of a Progress cargo spacecraft and docked it manually to the station late Friday after the...

Comet ISON fate unclear after perihelion passage
Posted: Fri, Nov 29 10:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
At least part of Comet ISON may have survived a close flyby of the Sun on Thursday after astronomers initially thought the comet was completely...

Falcon 9 launch scrubbed again
Posted: Fri, Nov 29 9:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
SpaceX scrubbed a second attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a commercial satellite, halting the countdown as the first stage engines started to...

Comet ISON to fly around Sun on Thursday
Posted: Thu, Nov 28 9:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
A comet that, for more than a year, has been billed by many as the "Comet of the Century" will make its closest approach to...