Reports outlines ISS risks
Posted: Wed, Feb 28 8:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
The International Space Station faces a wide variety of risks, from orbital debris to rogue commands transmitted from the ground, but NASA and its partners...

Hail damage delays shuttle launch
Posted: Tue, Feb 27 8:53 PM ET (0153 GMT)
A "freak" hailstorm Monday caused enough damage to the external tank of the space shuttle Atlantis that NASA managers decided late Tuesday to delay the...

ESA gives approval to Mercury mission
Posted: Tue, Feb 27 8:29 AM ET (1329 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced Monday that it plans to proceed with the development of a Mercury mission and awarded a contract to build the...

Report: Iran launches rocket into space
Posted: Sun, Feb 25 3:35 PM ET (2035 GMT)
The Iranian media reported Sunday that the country launched a rocket into space, although one that apparently did not place a satellite into orbit. Few...

Rosetta flies past Mars
Posted: Sun, Feb 25 3:29 PM ET (2029 GMT)
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft flew past Mars early Sunday, keeping the spacecraft on course for its eventual rendezvous with a comet. ESA mission controllers confirmed...

Japan launches spysat
Posted: Sat, Feb 24 9:56 AM ET (1456 GMT)
An H-2A rocket launched a latest in a series of Japanese reconnaissance satellites on Saturday. The H-2A lifted off from the Tanegashima Space...

ISS spacewalkers fix antenna
Posted: Fri, Feb 23 8:31 AM ET (1331 GMT)
Two members of the International Space Station crew repaired a stuck antenna during a spacewalk outside the station Thursday. Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and cosmonaut...

No water found on two exoplanets
Posted: Thu, Feb 22 8:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)
The first spectra of two extrasolar planets taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope revealed, to the surprise of scientists, no sign of water in...

NASA, Virgin Galactic to cooperate in tech development
Posted: Thu, Feb 22 8:38 AM ET (1338 GMT)
NASA and space tourism operator Virgin Galactic signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday that will permit them to cooperate on the development of a range...

XM and Sirius announce merger plans
Posted: Tue, Feb 20 8:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)
The two satellite radio companies serving the US announced Monday that they plan to combine in a "merger of equals" valued at $13 billion. XM...