Japan launches Hayabusa asteroid mission
Posted: Thu, Dec 4 5:29 AM ET (1029 GMT)
An H-2A rocket successfully launched on Wednesday a Japanese mission to collect samples from a near Earth asteroid. The H-2A rocket lifted off...

ESA approves Ariane 6, ISS funding
Posted: Thu, Dec 4 5:18 AM ET (1018 GMT)
European space ministers meeting this week approved plans to develop a new version of the Ariane rocket and also extend funding for the International Space...

Russia launches navigation satellite
Posted: Mon, Dec 1 7:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a GLONASS navigation satellite early Monday. The Soyuz 2-1b rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...

Weather delays Hayabusa-2 launch again
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 11:46 AM ET (1646 GMT)
Citing forecasts of high winds, the Japanese space agency JAXA has again delayed the launch of its latest asteroid mission, this time by two days....

"Invisible shield" blocks high-speed electrons above Earth
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 11:37 AM ET (1637 GMT)
Scientists said they have discovered a sharp feature in the Earth's magnetosphere that is blocking relativistic electrons from reaching the atmosphere. In a paper...

Weather delays launch of Japanese asteroid mission
Posted: Fri, Nov 28 11:22 AM ET (1622 GMT)
The Japanese space agency JAXA said Friday it was delaying the launch of its latest asteroid mission by a day due to a forecast of...

Proton launch postponed
Posted: Thu, Nov 27 10:26 AM ET (1526 GMT)
Russian officials postponed this week's scheduled launch of a Proton rocket carrying a European communications satellite because of a technical issue with the rocket....

3-D printer tested on ISS
Posted: Wed, Nov 26 8:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
A 3-D printer recently installed on the International Space Station successfully produced its first component this week. The printer, developed by California company Made...

Astrobotic, CMU unveil lunar rover
Posted: Wed, Nov 26 7:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) unveiled Monday a lunar rover that it will provide to a team competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition. The...

Pegasus wins contract for NASA satellite launch
Posted: Wed, Nov 26 7:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
NASA awarded a contract to Orbital Sciences Corporation for a Pegasus XL launch of a space science mission in 2017. The Pegasus will launch the...