Rosetta mission set for launch
Posted: Tue, Feb 24 8:49 PM ET (0149 GMT)
Rosetta, ESA's ambitious mission to rendezvous with and land on a comet, is on track for a launch early Thursday. Rosetta is scheduled for...

Fire kills six at Indian space center
Posted: Mon, Feb 23 2:29 PM ET (1929 GMT)
A solid rocket motor caught fire at India's main space center on Monday, triggering an explosion that killed at least six people. According to...

ISS spacewalk planned for Thursday
Posted: Mon, Feb 23 10:25 AM ET (1525 GMT)
The two-man crew of the International Space Station will perform a spacewalk Thursday, leaving the station unoccupied for several hours despite concerns from some...

China announces plans for Shenzhou 6
Posted: Sun, Feb 22 1:58 PM ET (1858 GMT)
Chinese officials said Saturday that nation's next manned spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, would place two people into orbit for several days some time next year....

Dark energy unlikely to cause violent end to universe
Posted: Sat, Feb 21 10:28 AM ET (1528 GMT)
Astronomers announced Friday that dark energy, a mysterious force that appears to cause the expansion of the universe to accelerate, will not change enough to...

Mars rovers finds soil consistent with liquid water
Posted: Sat, Feb 21 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
Sticky, fine-grained soil found at the landing sites of the twin MArs rovers Spirit and Opportunity may be consistent with, but not necessarily proof...

Large planetoid discovered beyond Pluto
Posted: Fri, Feb 20 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Astronomers announced Thursday that they have discovered a large Kuiper Belt object (KBO) beyond the orbit of Pluto that may be half the diameter of...

NASA confirms next shuttle flight delayed to March 2005
Posted: Thu, Feb 19 11:13 PM ET (0413 GMT)
NASA announced late Thursday that the next space shuttle launch has been delayed six months until March 2005. In a statement, the agency said that...

Astronomers see black hole consume star
Posted: Thu, Feb 19 2:02 PM ET (1902 GMT)
Astronomers reported Wednesday they had evidence for the first time of a black hole ripping apart and consuming a star. Both NASA's Chandra X-...

News Corp. to put PanAmSat up for sale
Posted: Wed, Feb 18 7:14 PM ET (0014 GMT)
News Corporation, which owns a controlling interest in satellite operator PanAmSat, plans to solicit bids to purchase the company, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday....