Gas cloud to collide with Milky Way
Posted: Tue, Jan 15 7:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
A massive cloud of gas is on a collision course with the Milky Way galaxy and will trigger a new round of star formation when...

Feb. 7 tentative date for shuttle launch
Posted: Fri, Jan 11 7:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
Shuttle managers have set February 7 as the tentative date for the launch of the shuttle Atlantis, assuming repairs to the shuttle's external tank...

CSA president resigns
Posted: Thu, Jan 10 8:19 AM ET (1319 GMT)
The head of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has resigned after only nine months on the job, the Canadian government confirmed Wednesday. Laurier "Larry" Boisvert...

Mars impact all but ruled out
Posted: Thu, Jan 10 8:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
New observations of an asteroid have effectively eliminated any chance that the object will collide with Mars at the end of the month, JPL scientists...

ATK to buy MDA space business
Posted: Wed, Jan 9 8:03 AM ET (1303 GMT)
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) will buy the space business of Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) for $1.3 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The...

NASA outlines Hubble repair plans
Posted: Wed, Jan 9 7:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
A shuttle mission scheduled for launch next year will allow the Hubble Space Telescope to remain in operation for at least five more years, agency...

Eutelsat, ViaSat order Ka-band satellites
Posted: Tue, Jan 8 7:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)
European satellite operator Eutelsat and ViaSat, a US company best known as the maker of satellite ground equipment, each announced the order of Ka-band...

Microsoft money to support telescope development
Posted: Sat, Jan 5 10:21 AM ET (1521 GMT)
The co-founder of Microsoft and a former company executive who flew in space last year contributed $30 million to a major new telescope project...

Contact lost with South Korean spacecraft
Posted: Sat, Jan 5 10:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
Ground controllers have lost contact with South Korea's first multipurpose satellite, Korean officials said this week. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) lost contact...

Shuttle launch no earlier than January 24
Posted: Fri, Jan 4 7:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said Thursday that they hope to be able to launch Atlantis as early as January 24, but warned that technical and weather...