SNC to partner with Europe on technology for Dream Chaser Posted: Fri, Jan 10 6:29 AM ET (1129 GMT) One of three US companies currently involved in NASA's commercial crew development effort announced this week plans to work with European agencies on ways... White House backs plan to extend ISS life to 2024 Posted: Thu, Jan 9 6:13 AM ET (1113 GMT) The Obama Administration has approved plans to continue operations of the International Space Station past 2020 to at least 2024, although the station's international... Space weather postpones Antares launch to Thursday Posted: Thu, Jan 9 6:00 AM ET (1100 GMT) Orbital Sciences Corporation postponed the launch of a Cygnus cargo mission to the ISS on Wednesday because of concerns about space weather conditions that could... SpaceX successfully launches communications satellite Posted: Tue, Jan 7 9:07 AM ET (1407 GMT) A Falcon 9 rocket successfully placed a commercial communications satellite into orbit Monday evening. The Falcon 9 v1.1 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida,... Shuttle hangar to be used for X-37B Posted: Mon, Jan 6 5:56 AM ET (1056 GMT) Boeing will lease a shuttle-era hangar at the Kennedy Space Center to serve as a base of operations for the secretive X-37B military... India successfully launches GSLV Posted: Sun, Jan 5 8:10 AM ET (1310 GMT) In its first successful flight in several years, India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) placed a communications satellite into orbit on Sunday. The GSLV... Weather delays Antares launch a day Posted: Sat, Jan 4 9:52 AM ET (1452 GMT) Wintry weather has pushed back the launch of a Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the ISS from Virginia by a day. Orbital Sciences Corporation said late... Small asteroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere Posted: Sat, Jan 4 9:41 AM ET (1441 GMT) The first asteroid astronomers discovered in 2014 likely burned up in the atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean just hours after its discovery. The Catalina Sky... Falcon 9 launch delayed to at least Monday Posted: Fri, Jan 3 8:34 AM ET (1334 GMT) SpaceX has delayed the launch of a commercial communications satellite until at least Monday to address an issue with the rocket's payload fairing. SpaceX... Astronomers use Hubble to study cloudy exoplanets Posted: Thu, Jan 2 7:45 AM ET (1245 GMT) Observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have allowed astronomers to determine that two relatively nearby exoplanets likely have cloudy atmospheres. In a pair of papers... |
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