Small exoplanet found around nearby star
Posted: Wed, Apr 22 8:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
Astronomers announced Tuesday the discovery of the smallest extrasolar planet yet found, a world less than twice the mass of the Earth just 21 light-...

India launches remote sensing, education satellites
Posted: Mon, Apr 20 1:52 PM ET (1752 GMT)
An Indian rocket placed into orbit on Monday a radar imaging satellite widely considered to be a military reconnaissance satellite as well as a small...

Sea Launch places Italian satellite in orbit
Posted: Mon, Apr 20 1:42 PM ET (1742 GMT)
A Sea Launch rocket successfully launched an Italian military communications satellite early Monday. The Zenit-3SL lifted off from the Odyssey Launch Platform, on the...

"Rescue" shuttle rolled out to pad
Posted: Sat, Apr 18 9:38 AM ET (1338 GMT)
NASA moved the space shuttle Endeavour out to its launch pad early Friday so that it is in place to serve as a "rescue shuttle"...

Reports: next Falcon 1 launch delayed
Posted: Sat, Apr 18 9:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
The launch of a Malaysian satellite on a Falcon 1 rocket has been delayed several weeks because of a problem with the launch vehicle, Malaysian...

Kepler returns first images
Posted: Fri, Apr 17 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
NASA's Kepler spacecraft has returned its first images of a region of the sky that the spacecraft will study in its search for Earth-...

NASA spacecraft provide 3-D views of solar storms
Posted: Fri, Apr 17 7:39 AM ET (1139 GMT)
A pair of NASA spacecraft have given scientists their first three-dimensional look at a power class of solar storms. The twin Solar Terrestrial Relations...

NASA names new ISS module "Tranquility"
Posted: Wed, Apr 15 7:38 AM ET (1138 GMT)
Bypassing the results of a poll, NASA announced Tuesday night that the new node for the International Space Station will be named "Tranquility", but gave...

China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Wed, Apr 15 7:27 AM ET (1127 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a Chinese navigation satellite into orbit early Wednesday. The rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 12:16...

Mars rover suffers computer reboots
Posted: Tue, Apr 14 7:58 AM ET (1158 GMT)
One of the twin NASA rovers that have been exploring the Martian surface for over five years is suffering from an unexplained series of computer...