Masten vehicle qualifies for Lunar Lander Challenge prize
Posted: Thu, Oct 8 6:25 AM ET (1025 GMT)
A vehicle developed by a small California company successfully qualified for a $150,000 prize that is part of NASA's Centennial Challenges program. Masten...

Astrium wins order for two remote sensing satellites
Posted: Thu, Oct 8 6:13 AM ET (1013 GMT)
EADS Astrium announced this week that it has won a contract by the government of Kazakhstan for a pair of remote sensing satellites. The contract,...

Giant ring discovered around Saturn
Posted: Wed, Oct 7 2:08 PM ET (1808 GMT)
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered a giant ring around the planet Saturn, bigger than any other planetary ring in our solar system. Astronomers...

ViaSat to buy WildBlue
Posted: Sat, Oct 3 11:27 AM ET (1527 GMT)
ViaSat announced Thursday that it is acquiring WildBlue Communications, a deal that brings together a company planning to provide satellite broadband services with one that...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Oct 2 11:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two new ISS crew members and a space tourist docked with the space station early Friday. The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Fri, Oct 2 10:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
An Ariane 5 launched two communications satellites for a Spanish commercial operator and the German military on Thursday. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off on...

MESSENGER flies past Mercury, suffers power glitch
Posted: Thu, Oct 1 6:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
A NASA spacecraft made its third flyby of the planet Mercury on Tuesday, but a problem with the spacecraft's power system caused the spacecraft...

Soyuz launches ISS crew, space tourist
Posted: Wed, Sep 30 6:21 AM ET (1021 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two ISS crew members and a space tourist lifted off early Wednesday. A Soyuz rocket carrying the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft...

LCROSS changes target crater
Posted: Tue, Sep 29 6:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
A spacecraft that will deliberately impact the Moon in early October will hit a different crater that previously planned, project officials said Monday. The Lunar...

GAO report raises issues about Constellation
Posted: Sat, Sep 26 10:16 AM ET (1416 GMT)
A report released Friday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concludes that NASA has not made a "sound business case" for its Constellation exploration program,...