Stars found in eccentric orbits around galaxy
Posted: Fri, Jun 12 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week the discovery of a family of stars in unusual eccentric orbits around the galaxy, including one star that may have originated...

Kaguya impacts lunar surface
Posted: Thu, Jun 11 7:42 AM ET (1142 GMT)
A Japanese spacecraft completed its mission Wednesday by crashing to the lunar surface. The Japanese space agency JAXA confirmed that the Kaguya spacecraft hit the...

Countdown begins for Endeavour launch
Posted: Thu, Jun 11 7:31 AM ET (1131 GMT)
The countdown started Wednesday for Saturday morning's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station. The countdown started...

ISS astronauts perform internal spacewalk
Posted: Wed, Jun 10 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
Two members of the International Space Station's crew carried out a brief spacewalk early Wednesday without ever leaving the station. Station commander Gennady Padalka...

House committee maintains NASA budget cut
Posted: Wed, Jun 10 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 2010 spending bill Tuesday that maintains a large cut in NASA's exploration budget made by a subcommittee last...

Dark GRBs linked to dust clouds
Posted: Tue, Jun 9 8:22 AM ET (1222 GMT)
A class of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) without a visible afterglow have been linked to galaxies with previously undetected dust clouds, astronomers announced Monday. "Dark"...

ISS crew performs spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Jun 6 10:13 AM ET (1413 GMT)
Two members of the International Space Station's crew performed a nearly five-hour spacewalk Friday to prepare the station for the installation of another...

House subcommittee cuts NASA exploration budget
Posted: Fri, Jun 5 7:02 AM ET (1102 GMT)
A House appropriations subcommittee cut several hundred million dollars from the exploration portion of NASA's proposed 2010 budget, citing uncertainties about the future direction...

MRO enters safe mode again
Posted: Fri, Jun 5 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft is in safe mode after its computer unexpectedly rebooted this week, project officials said Thursday. MRO's computer...

Cirque founder confirmed as next space tourist
Posted: Thu, Jun 4 10:45 PM ET (0245 GMT)
The founder of the performance company Cirque du Soleil confirmed Thursday that he will fly to the International Space Station later this year in a...