ESA selects exoplanet observatory mission for development
Posted: Thu, Feb 20 6:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced Wednesday that it has chosen a proposal to build a spacecraft to search for extrasolar planets, with launch scheduled in...

Cygnus departs from ISS
Posted: Wed, Feb 19 7:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
A Cygnus cargo spacecraft left the International Space Station early Tuesday, carrying away garbage to be destroyed upon reentry. The station's Canadarm2 robotic arm...

Proton launches Turksat-4A
Posted: Sat, Feb 15 9:58 AM ET (1458 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a Turkish communications satellite on Saturday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4:09 pm EST...

NASA: "jelly doughnut" Mars rock is just a rock
Posted: Sat, Feb 15 9:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
An unusual rock spotted by NASA's Opportunity rover last month dubbed the "jelly doughnut" is simply a rock kicked up by the rover's...

Spaceport hearings draw mixed reactions
Posted: Fri, Feb 14 7:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
Two public hearings this week on plans for an environmental impact study of a proposed commercial spaceport in Florida drew mixed, and in one case...

China: Yutu rover "alive" but suffering problems
Posted: Thu, Feb 13 9:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
Chinese officials said early Thursday that the the Yutu lunar rover, which many Western outlets had reported to be lost on Wednesday, was functioning but...

Curiosity crosses dune, breaks 5-km mark
Posted: Thu, Feb 13 9:25 AM ET (1425 GMT)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recently crossed a sand dune in its path towards Mt. Sharp and broke the five-kilometer mark in its traverses...

Fate of Chinese lunar rover Yutu unclear
Posted: Wed, Feb 12 2:02 PM ET (1902 GMT)
Despite news reports that China's lunar rover, Yutu, failed to survive the lunar night, other reports indicated that engineers had not given up on...

Scientists link linear features on Mars to water
Posted: Wed, Feb 12 6:27 AM ET (1127 GMT)
Planetary scientists analyzing data from a NASA spacecraft believe flowing water is the most likely explanation for a series of linear features seen on crater...

Google subsidiary to lease airfield and hangar at NASA Ames
Posted: Tue, Feb 11 7:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
A subsidiary of Internet giant Google has won a bid to lease and take control over the airfield and an iconic hangar at NASA's...