Spirit rover to remain stationary
Posted: Wed, Jan 27 7:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Spirit, stuck in a sand trap on the Martian surface for close to a year, will remain there permanently as project...

Impact histories explain differences in Jovian moons
Posted: Tue, Jan 26 7:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
Differences in the number and velocity of cometary impacts can explain the differences in the surfaces and interiors of two large moons of Jupiter, scientists...

Internet access extended to ISS
Posted: Sat, Jan 23 7:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
A software upgrade now allows ISS crew members to directly access the Internet from the space station. The Crew Support LAN allows the station's...

Phoenix Mars Lander remains silent
Posted: Fri, Jan 22 7:54 AM ET (1254 GMT)
An initial long-short effort to restore communications with NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander failed to make contact with the lander, NASA announced Thursday. The...

Soyuz moved to new ISS docking port
Posted: Fri, Jan 22 7:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
Two members of the ISS crew flew a Soyuz spacecraft Thursday from one docking port to one recently added to the station. Maxim Suraev and...

Earth's gravity can alter passing asteroids
Posted: Thu, Jan 21 7:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
The surfaces of asteroids that pass near the Earth can be shaken by the Earth's gravity, which may explain differences in color for these...

NASA safety panel endorses Ares 1
Posted: Tue, Jan 19 7:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
An independent safety panel recommended to NASA that it retain the Ares 1 rocket under development and not extend the shuttle program. The Aerospace Safety...

China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Sun, Jan 17 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
China performed the first orbital launch of 2010 early Sunday by placing a navigation satellite into orbit. The Long March 3C lifted off from the...

Cosmonauts perform ISS spacewalk
Posted: Fri, Jan 15 1:42 PM ET (1842 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts performed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday to prepare a new docking module for use. Oleg Kotov and Max...

Small asteroid passes near Earth
Posted: Thu, Jan 14 7:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
A small object believed to be an asteroid passed near the Earth Wednesday. The object, 2010 AL30, came within 122,000 kilometers of the Earth...