JSC closed for tropical storm
Posted: Tue, Aug 5 8:07 AM ET (1207 GMT)
NASA's Johnson Space Center will remain closed through Tuesday as a tropical storm bears down on the Texas coast near Houston. Tropical Storm Edouard...

Obama modifies space policy position
Posted: Tue, Aug 5 8:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama retracted an earlier proposal to delay NASA's Constellation program by five years Saturday, saying that he would work instead...

Falcon 1 launch fails
Updated: Sun, Aug 3 7:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
Originally Posted: Sun, Aug 3 12:14 AM ET (0414 GMT)
The third launch of the Falcon 1 small launch vehicle developed by SpaceX failed about two and a half minutes after launch Saturday night. The...

Report: White House briefed on Mars findings
Posted: Sat, Aug 2 10:23 PM ET (0223 GMT)
NASA has brief White House officials about unreleased findings from the Phoenix Mars Lander mission that could have implications for life on the Red Planet,...

SpaceX performs first full-thrust test of Falcon 9
Posted: Sat, Aug 2 10:10 PM ET (0210 GMT)
SpaceX announced Friday that it performed the first full-thrust test of the first stage of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle, using all nine engines....

Phoenix samples Martian water
Posted: Fri, Aug 1 8:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft has confirmed the presence of water ice at its landing site in the planet's north polar regions, scientists...

Lake of liquid ethane detected on Titan
Posted: Thu, Jul 31 10:40 PM ET (0240 GMT)
Scientists analyzing data from the Cassini spacecraft reported this week that they have discovered liquid ethane in one of the lakes spotted in the south...

EADS reports increased space revenues
Posted: Thu, Jul 31 10:23 PM ET (0223 GMT)
The space division of European aerospace company EADS reported this week increased revenues and earnings in the first half of 2008. EADS Astrium had earnings...

LRO launch delayed for spaceplane mission
Posted: Wed, Jul 30 6:00 AM ET (1000 GMT)
The launch of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been delayed until early next year, clearing room on the launch manifest for the launch...

Virgin Galactic unveils WhiteKnightTwo
Posted: Mon, Jul 28 9:38 PM ET (0138 GMT)
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic and vehicle developer Scaled Composites rolled out Monday morning WhiteKnightTwo (WK2), the carrier aircraft that will be used to launch...