Orion rolled out to launch pad for December test flight
Posted: Wed, Nov 12 8:23 AM ET (1323 GMT)
After a one-day delay because of weather, an Orion spacecraft rolled out to its launch pad late Tuesday night as it prepares for a...

Philae lander released from Rosetta
Posted: Wed, Nov 12 8:00 AM ET (1300 GMT)
ESA's Philae lander spacecraft has separated from the Rosetta orbiter en route to a landing on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko later...

NASA and Google reach lease deal for Moffett Field
Posted: Tue, Nov 11 7:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that it has signed a lease with a subsidiary of Google to take over management of a federal airfield adjacent to NASA'...

Soyuz returns three ISS crewmembers to Earth
Posted: Mon, Nov 10 7:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying International Space Station crewmembers from Germany, Russia, and the United States undocked from the ISS and landed late Sunday. The Soyuz...

Comet flyby created Martian meteor shower
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 7:39 PM ET (0039 GMT)
The closely flyby of a comet to Mars last month created an "impressive" meteor shower in the planet's atmosphere, according to data from several...

Half of all stars may be outside of galaxies
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 7:23 PM ET (0023 GMT)
Data from a suborbital astronomy experiment has led astronomers to conclude that there may be as many stars outside of galaxies as within them. The...

Dnepr launches Japanese satellites
Posted: Fri, Nov 7 8:14 AM ET (1314 GMT)
A Dnepr rocket successfully placed several Japanese spacecraft into orbit on Thursday. The Dnepr rocket, a converted SS-18 ballistic missile, lifted off from the...

Orbital develops "go-forward" plan to continue ISS cargo deliveries
Posted: Fri, Nov 7 8:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Wednesday its plans to resume commercial cargo deliveries to the international space station, which include buying launches from other companies. Orbital...

Investigators: SpaceShipTwo feathering system deployed prematurely
Posted: Mon, Nov 3 10:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said late Sunday that data they have collected indicates that SpaceShipTwo's feathering system appeared to deploy...

NTSB begins investigation of SpaceShipTwo crash
Posted: Sun, Nov 2 9:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
The National Transportation Safety Board started their investigation Saturday into the October 31 crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, an accident that killed one pilot...