Atlas launches communications satellite
Posted: Thu, May 20 7:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
An Atlas 2AS launched a communications satellite Wednesday night on the penultimate launch of the venerable launch vehicle. The Atlas 2AS lifted off from pad...

Space Adventures to send Japanese tourist to ISS
Posted: Thu, May 20 7:14 AM ET (1114 GMT)
American space tourism company Space Adventures announced this week that it has signed an agreement with a Japanese advertising company to send a Japanese tourist...

Chandra offers new evidence for dark energy
Posted: Wed, May 19 8:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
Images from the orbiting Chandra X-Ray Observatory have provided astronomers with new evidence that a mysterious "dark energy" is causing the expansion of the...

China backs away from manned lunar mission plans
Posted: Tue, May 18 1:54 PM ET (1754 GMT)
China will concentrate on developing a space station and has no plans to send humans to the Moon, a leading Chinese space official said this...

Amateur rocket reaches space
Posted: Tue, May 18 1:47 PM ET (1747 GMT)
A rocket launched from the Nevada desert on Monday has become the first amateur-built rocket to reach space. The GoFast Rocket, assembled by a...

Orbit glitch consumes propellant on new satellite
Posted: Sun, May 16 12:52 PM ET (1652 GMT)
A Japanese communications satellite launched last month has reached its final orbit but with far less propellant onboard than planned, apparently because of an unforeseen...

NASA safety center releases initial reports
Posted: Sun, May 16 12:40 PM ET (1640 GMT)
An independent safety center established by NASA partially in response to the Columbia accident last year has released its initial set of reports. NASA's...

Scientists find evidence of ancient giant crater
Posted: Fri, May 14 7:41 PM ET (2341 GMT)
Scientists announced Thursday that they have found evidence of a giant crater buried off the coast of Australia that may be linked to the extinction...

Bigelow signs contracts for Dnepr launches
Posted: Fri, May 14 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
Bigelow Aerospace, an American company developing inflatable orbital habitats, has signed a contract for six launches on a Russian Dnepr booster, Russian news services reported...

SpaceShipOne performs third powered test flight
Updated: Fri, May 14 12:49 AM ET (0449 GMT)
Originally Posted: Thu, May 13 2:57 PM ET (1857 GMT)
SpaceShipOne, the suborbital RLV under development by Scaled Composites, flew its third powered test flight Thursday morning. Scaled Composites reported that the vehicle reached a...