ESA approves dark matter and energy mission
Posted: Sat, Jun 23 10:52 AM ET (1452 GMT)
The European Space Agency (ESA) gave its approval this week for the development of a space observatory that will seek new evidence of dark matter...

Astronomers discover two closely orbiting exoplanets
Posted: Fri, Jun 22 8:22 AM ET (1222 GMT)
Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft said Thursday they have discovered two dissimilar extrasolar planets with orbits very close to each other. The...

LRO detects evidence for water ice in lunar crater
Posted: Thu, Jun 21 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
Data from a NASA orbiter suggests that water ice is present in at least minute amounts on the floor of a crater at the Moon'...

Atlas 5 launches NRO satellite
Posted: Wed, Jun 20 2:05 PM ET (1805 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Wednesday morning. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from...

Proton launch delayed
Posted: Wed, Jun 20 8:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
The Proton launch of a commercial communications satellite has been postponed perhaps until July because of a problem with the launch vehicle. The Proton M...

Shenzhou 9 docks with Tiangong 1
Posted: Mon, Jun 18 7:41 PM ET (2341 GMT)
China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft successfully docked with its Tiangong-1 lab module on Monday. Shenzhou-9 docked in automated mode with Tiangong-1 at...

Atlas 5 launch postponed
Posted: Sun, Jun 17 8:30 PM ET (0030 GMT)
The launch of a classified payload on an Atlas 5 rocket has been delayed from Monday to Wednesday to replace a faulty component, United Launch...

X-37B lands at Vandenberg
Posted: Sun, Jun 17 9:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
An experimental robotic spaceplane completed a 15-month mission on Saturday with a landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The X-37B OTV-...

China launches Shenzhou 9
Posted: Sat, Jun 16 9:12 AM ET (1312 GMT)
A Long March rocket successfully launched Saturday a spacecraft carrying three astronauts, including China's first female astronaut, on a mission to dock with an...

Voyager on cusp of entering interstellar space
Posted: Sat, Jun 16 8:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
Data returned from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft suggest it is on the verge of crossing the heliopause into interstellar space. Project scientists said this...