Kuiper Belt less crowded than expected
Posted: Sun, Oct 5 8:19 PM ET (0019 GMT)
The Kuiper Belt of icy objects in the outer reaches of the solar system contained fewer medium-sized objects than first thought, according to a...

MESSENGER ready for second Mercury flyby
Posted: Sun, Oct 5 8:12 PM ET (0012 GMT)
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is set to make the second of three planned flybys of the innermost planet, Mercury, early Monday. The spacecraft will make...

Dnepr launches Thai remote sensing satellite
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 2:11 PM ET (1811 GMT)
A Dnepr rocket successfully launched a long-delayed remote sensing satellite for Thailand on Wednesday. The Dnepr rocket lifted off from Yasny launch site in...

Former astronaut to take over NASA KSC
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
A former astronaut has been tapped to become the new director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, replacing the current director, who is taking a...

Space tourist to make repeat trip to ISS
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
A former Microsoft executive who flew to the International Space Station as a space tourist last year plans to make a second trip there next...

Hubble problems to delay repair mission
Posted: Tue, Sep 30 7:22 AM ET (1122 GMT)
A new problem with the Hubble Space Telescope will delay a shuttle mission to repair the orbiting telescope until early next year. Hubble stopped transmitting...

Phoenix lander detects Martian snow
Posted: Tue, Sep 30 7:07 AM ET (1107 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling in the Martian atmosphere and is also finding new evidence of past liquid water on the...

ATV Jules Verne reenters
Posted: Tue, Sep 30 6:52 AM ET (1052 GMT)
Europe's first ISS cargo spacecraft, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) "Jules Verne", ended its mission Monday with a planned destructive reentry over the south...

SpaceX Falcon 1 launch a success
Posted: Mon, Sep 29 2:08 PM ET (1808 GMT)
After three failed launches since 2006, SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket successfully placed a payload in orbit Sunday night. The Falcon 1 rocket lifted off...

Shenzhou 7 returns to Earth
Posted: Sun, Sep 28 10:27 AM ET (1427 GMT)
China's third human spaceflight mission came to a successful conclusion Sunday when the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft safely landed in northern China. The Shenzhou 7...