Kepler discovers rocky exoplanet
Posted: Tue, Jan 11 7:43 AM ET (1243 GMT)
Scientists announced Monday the discovery of the first "unequivocally rocky" extrasolar planet with a density similar to iron. The planet, designated Kepler-10b, is about...

Congresswoman, astronaut's wife shot in Tucson
Posted: Sun, Jan 9 10:30 AM ET (1530 GMT)
A member of Congress married to a NASA astronaut was shot and critically wounded Saturday morning in Tucson. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was one...

Shuttle launch likely to slip again
Posted: Fri, Jan 7 7:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
NASA officials said late Thursday the launch of the space shuttle Discovery is likely to slip again, although no new date has been determined. Discovery...

Spaceport America director resigns
Posted: Fri, Jan 7 7:01 AM ET (1201 GMT)
The executive director of Spaceport America, the commercial spaceport under construction in New Mexico, announced this week his resignation as part of a change in...

Intelsat regains control of Galaxy 15
Posted: Tue, Jan 4 7:06 AM ET (1206 GMT)
Intelsat has regained control of Galaxy 15, a communications satellite that had been drifting through geosynchronous orbit for months, disrupting operations of other satellites there....

GSLV failure blamed on snapped cable
Posted: Sat, Jan 1 11:03 AM ET (1603 GMT)
An Indian rocket that tumbled out of control and was destroyed a minute after liftoff last month failed because of a snapped data cable, investigators...

More cracks found in shuttle's external tank
Posted: Fri, Dec 31 9:32 AM ET (1432 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said Thursday that technicians have found additional cracks in the shuttle's external tank, but have put off a decision on whether...

Ariane closes out 2010 by launching two satellites
Posted: Thu, Dec 30 8:47 AM ET (1347 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched two communications satellites Wednesday in the final scheduled launch of 2010. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off at 4:27...

Russian space officials fired over GLONASS failure
Posted: Thu, Dec 30 8:33 AM ET (1333 GMT)
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev fired two key Russian space officials on Wednesday and formally reprimanded the head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos over the...

Winds postpone Ariane launch
Posted: Tue, Dec 28 9:43 PM ET (0243 GMT)
High upper level winds forced Arianespace to postpone Tuesday's scheduled launch of two communications satellites by 24 hours. The Ariane 5 ECA was scheduled...