Shuttle cleared for rollout, June launch
Posted: Sat, May 12 10:52 AM ET (1452 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers announced Friday afternoon that they plan to proceed with the planned rollout of the shuttle Atlantis next week, the next step towards...

EU to shift to publicly-funded Galileo model
Posted: Fri, May 11 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
European officials said Thursday that the EU would likely restructure the Galileo satellite navigation system as an entirely publicly funded venture after an industry consortium...

Astronomers find hot, windy exoplanets
Posted: Fri, May 11 7:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
Scientists announced this week that they have found an extrasolar planet that is the hottest yet found, and another that may have extremely powerful winds....

Orbital wins multisatellite order
Posted: Thu, May 10 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced this week that it won an order for as many as five communications satellites from SES Americom. The contract includes firm...

Mars spacecraft delivered to Florida for launch
Posted: Wed, May 9 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
A NASA Mars lander scheduled for launch in August arrived at the Kennedy Space Center earlier this week to begin launch preparations. A C-17...

Queen visits NASA Goddard
Posted: Wed, May 9 8:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
The Queen of England visited NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Tuesday and participated in a teleconference with the crew of the International Space...

Chandra sees most powerful supernova ever
Posted: Tue, May 8 8:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
Astronomers using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory have detected what they believe to be the most powerful supernova explosion ever, one that outshone its host...

Spacecraft finds its first exoplanet
Posted: Mon, May 7 8:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
A French spacecraft launched late last year has discovered its first extrasolar planet, raising hopes that the satellite will be able to discover smaller, Earth-...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Sat, May 5 10:15 AM ET (1415 GMT)
An Ariane 5 launched two commercial communications satellites Friday evening after a one-day delay. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana,...

Mercury has molten core
Posted: Sat, May 5 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)
Scientists have determined that the core of innermost planet Mercury is most likely molten, a discovery that may explain why the planet is able to...