Budget cuts to delay Orion, NASA warns
Posted: Thu, Mar 1 8:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
A cut of half a billion dollars in NASA's exploration program approved by Congress last month will push the first manned flight of the...

New Horizons flies past Jupiter
Posted: Wed, Feb 28 8:10 PM ET (0110 GMT)
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter early Wednesday, performing a flyby that will allow the spacecraft to continue on its...

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...