Yutu rover awakes from dormancy but with continued technical problems
Posted: Mon, Mar 17 6:50 AM ET (1050 GMT)
China's Yutu lunar rover awoke late last week still suffering from the same mechanical problems that have plagued the rover since January, Chinese officials...

Proton launches two communications satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 16 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a pair of Russian communications satellites on Sunday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 7:08...

First Orion test flight slips to December
Posted: Sat, Mar 15 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
The first launch of NASA's Orion spacecraft has been delayed from September to December because of issues with the launch manifest, NASA announced late...

SpaceX launch postponed
Posted: Fri, Mar 14 6:25 AM ET (1025 GMT)
SpaceX announced late Thursday that it has delayed the launch of its next cargo mission to the International Space Station by two weeks, reportedly due...

IAU expresses opposition to Mars crater naming initiative
Posted: Thu, Mar 13 7:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
An effort to crowdsource names for Martian craters that seeks to raise money for space education and research efforts is facing opposition from an international...

MRO goes into safe mode
Posted: Wed, Mar 12 6:56 AM ET (1056 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft went into safe mode earlier this week because of a computer glitch, but should resume normal operations in...

Soyuz returns ISS crewmembers to Earth
Posted: Tue, Mar 11 6:30 AM ET (1030 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian and one American ISS crewmembers landed in Kazakhstan on Tuesday morning. The Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft landed southeast of...

NASA announces asteroid hunting contest
Posted: Tue, Mar 11 6:17 AM ET (1017 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that will provide $35,000 in prizes for improved computer algorithms designed to look for asteroids. The competition, being run in cooperation...

Japanese astronaut takes command of ISS for the first time
Posted: Mon, Mar 10 6:13 AM ET (1013 GMT)
Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata took command of the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first time an astronaut representing Japan has commanded the outpost....

Univ. of Texas to join Giant Magellan Telescope project
Posted: Sat, Mar 8 9:53 AM ET (1453 GMT)
The recent of the University of Texas agreed Friday to join a project to build the world's largest telescope in Chile, agreeing to contribute $...