NASA extends Soyuz contract with Russia
Posted: Sat, Aug 8 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)
NASA informed Congress this week that it is extending a contract for Soyuz flight services to the International Space Station through 2018 because proposed budget...

SpaceShipTwo accident caused by pilot error, lack of safeguards
Posted: Fri, Jul 31 3:34 PM ET (1934 GMT)
Last October's crash of Scaled Composites' SpaceShipTwo vehicle was caused by pilot error that was not foreseen by the vehicle's developers, the National...

China launches navigation satellites
Posted: Fri, Jul 31 3:20 PM ET (1920 GMT)
China launched a pair of Beidou navigation satellites July 25. The Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 8:...

Delta 4 launches WGS 7
Posted: Fri, Jul 24 2:51 PM ET (1851 GMT)
A Delta 4 rocket successfully launched the seventh in a series of military communications satellites on Thursday. The Delta 4 Medium-Plus (5,4) lifted...

Astronomers discover "cousin" of Earth orbiting distant star
Posted: Fri, Jul 24 2:35 PM ET (1835 GMT)
Astronomers announced Thursday the discovery of a "bigger, older" cousin of the Earth orbiting a distant star, making the planet the closest analog found to...

Soyuz sends new crew to the ISS
Posted: Thu, Jul 23 5:38 PM ET (2138 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft with three people on board docked with the International Space Station Wednesday night, nearly six hours after its launch from Kazakhstan. A...

SpaceX blames launch failure on faulty strut
Posted: Wed, Jul 22 9:34 AM ET (1334 GMT)
SpaceX said Monday that the failure last month of a Falcon 9 rocket on a cargo mission to the International Space Station was caused by...

Russian billionaire to fund $100-million SETI effort
Posted: Wed, Jul 22 9:24 AM ET (1324 GMT)
A Russian billionaire announced Monday he will provide $100 million over the next ten years to support the most extensive effort yet in the search...

New Horizons images reveal a young Pluto surface
Posted: Sat, Jul 18 10:56 AM ET (1456 GMT)
Images taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of Pluto July 14 show that parts of the surface are surprisingly young, suggesting...

Ariane 5 launches communications, weather satellites
Posted: Sat, Jul 18 10:35 AM ET (1435 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched a commercial communications satellite and a European weather satellite Wednesday evening. The Ariane 5 lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana,...