SpaceX wins Canadian satellite contract
Posted: Thu, Aug 1 6:37 AM ET (1037 GMT)
SpaceX announced this week that it had won a contract to launch a constellation of Canadian radar satellites in 2018. SpaceX will launch the three...

Astronomers detect exoplanet in x-rays
Posted: Wed, Jul 31 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
Astronomers have detected an extrasolar planet for the first time using x-ray observations. Researchers used observations by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and...

Progress launches, docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Jul 28 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Saturday night less than six hours after its launch from Kazakhstan. A Soyuz rocket carrying...

NASA spacecraft find "particle accelerator" in Van Allen belts
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
Twin NASA spacecraft launched last year have helped scientists determine that charged particles in the Van Allen belts circling the Earth are accelerated from within...

Ariane 5 launches communications and weather satellites
Posted: Fri, Jul 26 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched a large commercial communications satellite and an Indian meteorological satellite on Thursdays. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from...

Orion passes latest parachute landing test
Posted: Thu, Jul 25 9:41 AM ET (1341 GMT)
NASA's Orion crew spacecraft passed the tenth in a series of tests of its landing system Wednesday, landing safely from an altitude of more...

Board to investigate spacewalk mishap
Posted: Wed, Jul 24 6:06 AM ET (1006 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that it has created a mishap board to investigate why a European astronaut's spacesuit filled with water during a spacewalk last...

Recovered Saturn 5 rocket engine linked to Apollo 11
Posted: Tue, Jul 23 7:05 AM ET (1105 GMT)
A recovered F-1 engine from a Saturn 5 rocket has been traced to the rocket that launched Apollo 11 44 years ago this month,...

Curiosity provides evidence of loss of early Martian atmosphere
Posted: Tue, Jul 23 6:53 AM ET (1053 GMT)
Data collected by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity have provided scientists with new evidence that Mars once had a thicker atmosphere that it lost relatively...

China launches three research satellites
Posted: Sun, Jul 21 9:29 AM ET (1329 GMT)
A Chinese Long March rocket launched three experimental satellites on Saturday. The Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at...