China: "control circuit" failure on Yutu keeps rover from moving
Posted: Tue, Mar 4 6:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
Chinese officials said the malfunction of a "control circuit" on its first lunar rover, Yutu, is keeping the rover from moving. The failed circuit in...

DigitalGlobe stock falls after revenues miss
Posted: Sat, Mar 1 9:29 AM ET (1429 GMT)
Commercial remote sensing company DigitalGlobe saw its stock price plummet by 25 percent after reporting revenues below earlier projections. The company said it had revenues...

H-2A launches US-Japan weather satellite
Posted: Fri, Feb 28 7:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
An H-2A rocket successfully launched early Friday a joint American-Japanese earth sciences satellite designed to study global precipitation patterns. The H-2A lifted...

Astronomers confirm discovery of 715 exoplanets in Kepler data
Posted: Thu, Feb 27 7:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
In the largest single haul of other worlds ever, astronomers announced Wednesday that they have confirmed the presence of 715 extrasolar planets in data collected...

Report: ISS spacesuit water leak misdiagnosed
Posted: Thu, Feb 27 6:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
An investigation into a water leak in a spacesuit that nearly caused an astronaut to drown last year found that the leak started on an...

SpaceX moves closer to Air Force certification for Falcon 9
Posted: Thu, Feb 27 6:16 AM ET (1116 GMT)
SpaceX is one step closer to winning Air Force certification of its Falcon 9 rocket, a requirement for winning military launch contracts, after the Air...

Astronomers observe largest recorded meteor impact on the Moon
Posted: Tue, Feb 25 7:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
Spanish astronomers announced they detected what they believe to be the largest meteor impact on the surface of the Moon ever recorded. In a paper...

Sea Launch president to depart company
Posted: Tue, Feb 25 7:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
The president of commercial launch provider Sea Launch will leave the company at the end of this month, the company announced Monday. Kjell Karlsen, who...

Yutu enters hibernation again with its technical problems unresolved
Posted: Sun, Feb 23 10:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
China's Yutu lunar rover entered its third two-week hibernation period Saturday with technical problems that earlier appeared to jeopardize the mission unresolved, official...

Air Force discloses space surveillance satellite program
Posted: Sat, Feb 22 9:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
An Air Force general disclosed Friday the existence of a previously-classified program to develop satellites to keep watch on others in geosynchronous orbit. Speaking...