Sierra Nevada files protest of CCtCap award
Posted: Sat, Sep 27 10:37 AM ET (1437 GMT)
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), which lost a NASA commercial crew contract earlier this month to two other companies, said Friday it is protesting the contract...

Soyuz ferries new crew to ISS
Posted: Fri, Sep 26 8:58 AM ET (1258 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new International Space Station crew members launched late Thursday and arrived at the station six hours later despite a problem...

Indian spacecraft enters orbit around Mars
Posted: Wed, Sep 24 8:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
India's first mission to Mars successfully entered orbit around the Red Planet early Wednesday. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft performed a 24-minute...

Dragon arrives at ISS
Posted: Wed, Sep 24 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft carrying more than 2,000 kilograms of supplies and equipment berthed with the International Space Station early Tuesday. The Dragon,...

SpaceX breaks ground on Texas spaceport
Posted: Tue, Sep 23 2:13 PM ET (1813 GMT)
SpaceX formally broke ground Monday on its new commercial launch site in Texas, although construction of the facility won't ramp up until next year....

India Mars mission tests engine prior to arrival
Posted: Tue, Sep 23 1:55 PM ET (1755 GMT)
India's first Mars mission successfully tested the engine it will use this week to go into orbit around the Red Planet. The Mars Orbiter...

MAVEN enters Mars orbit
Posted: Mon, Sep 22 9:32 AM ET (1332 GMT)
NASA's MAVEN Mars spacecraft, on a mission to understand what happened to the Martian atmosphere, entered orbit around Mars Sunday night as planned. The...

Falcon 9 launches Dragon cargo spacecraft
Posted: Sun, Sep 21 8:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully placed into orbit early Sunday a Dragon cargo spacecraft destined for the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 v1....

Dawn glitch to delay spacecraft's arrival at Ceres
Posted: Sat, Sep 20 4:53 PM ET (2053 GMT)
A problem with the ion propulsion system on NASA's Dawn spacecraft placed the spacecraft in safe mode for several days and will result in...

Weather postpones SpaceX cargo launch
Posted: Sat, Sep 20 10:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
Poor weather scrubbed the launch of a Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station early Saturday. The Falcon 9 v1.1 carrying the Dragon...