Air Force to shut down space fence
Posted: Wed, Aug 14 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
The US Air Force confirmed this week that it plans to shut down a network of radars that track space objects, raising concerns about increased...

ATK joins Stratolaunch project
Posted: Tue, Aug 13 9:29 AM ET (1329 GMT)
ATK announced Tuesday that it has won a contract from Orbital Sciences Corporation to provide rocket motors for an ambitious air-launch system. ATK will...

Veteran NASA astronaut Foale retires
Posted: Tue, Aug 13 9:12 AM ET (1312 GMT)
Michael Foale, a British-born NASA astronaut, is leaving the space agency after 30 years there, NASA announced. Foale joined NASA in 1983, working at...

Astronomers set new mark for smallest directly-imaged exoplanet
Posted: Sun, Aug 11 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week the discovery of the smallest extrasolar planet to date directly observed by astronomers, a world four times the mass of Jupiter....

HTV berths with ISS
Posted: Sat, Aug 10 9:38 AM ET (1338 GMT)
A Japanese cargo spacecraft successfully rendezvoused with and berthed to the International Space Station on Friday. The HTV-4 spacecraft arrived in the vicinity of...

Report analyzes scientific priorities for Europa lander
Posted: Fri, Aug 9 7:01 AM ET (1101 GMT)
A report by a group of scientists published this week discusses the scientific goals of a future, albeit unfunded, mission to land on Jupiter's...

Delta 4 launches WGS-6 communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Aug 8 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
A Delta 4 rocket successfully launched the sixth in a series of communications satellites used by the US military and allied nations. The Delta 4...

Proton, Rockot vehicles to return to flight in September
Posted: Wed, Aug 7 7:58 AM ET (1158 GMT)
Two Russian launch vehicles will return to service in September, one after a disastrous launch failure and the other after a partial failure. The head...

NASA deputy administrator to step down
Posted: Wed, Aug 7 7:47 AM ET (1147 GMT)
The number-two official at NASA will leave the space agency next month to take a key position at an airline pilot union, the agency...

Japan launches cargo spacecraft to ISS
Posted: Sun, Aug 4 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
An H-2 rocket successfully launched the fourth in a series of Japanese cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station early Sunday. The H-2B...