Allen, Rutan unveil air launch project
Posted: Wed, Dec 14 7:49 AM ET (1249 GMT)
A new venture announced Tuesday will reunite famed designer Burt Rutan and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen to develop an air-launch system on a...

Orbital Sciences renames Taurus II rocket "Antares"
Posted: Tue, Dec 13 7:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Monday that it is renaming the Taurus II rocket it is developing to launch cargo missions to the ISS to "Antares"....

Japan launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Tue, Dec 13 7:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
A Japanese rocket launched the latest in a series of reconnaissance satellites for the country on Monday. The H-2A lifted off from the Tanegashima...

Russia launches two satellites
Posted: Tue, Dec 13 7:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched Russian and Israeli communications satellites on Sunday. The Proton M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:...

NASA sets date for next SpaceX COTS flight
Posted: Sat, Dec 10 8:46 AM ET (1346 GMT)
NASA announced Friday that the next commercial cargo demonstration mission to the ISS by SpaceX will launch on February 7. On that date SpaceX plans...

Colorado seeks spaceport designation for Denver-area airport
Posted: Fri, Dec 9 8:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
The governor of the state of Colorado said this week the state will seek to obtain a spaceport license from the federal government for an...

Opportunity finds more evidence of past liquid water on Mars
Posted: Thu, Dec 8 1:41 PM ET (1841 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has found veins of minerals that scientists say could have only formed in the presence of liquid water. Scientists said...

Astronomers discover biggest supermassive black holes
Posted: Wed, Dec 7 8:24 AM ET (1324 GMT)
Astronomers announced the discovery this week of the two largest black holes ever found. One of the supermassive black holes, located in the heart of...

Kepler discovers planet in star's habitable zone
Posted: Tue, Dec 6 7:43 AM ET (1243 GMT)
Astronomers announced Monday the first discovery in data from NASA's Kepler mission of a planet in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star....

Commander of last shuttle mission to retire
Posted: Tue, Dec 6 7:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
The astronaut who commanded the final shuttle mission will leave NASA this week, the space agency announced Monday. Chris Ferguson, who commanded the STS-135...