Former astronaut Gordon Fullerton passes away
Posted: Thu, Aug 22 7:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
Gordon Fullerton, a former astronaut who flew on two shuttle missions as well as approach and landing tests of the shuttle, passed away Wednesday at...

Space agencies release revised exploration roadmap
Posted: Wed, Aug 21 7:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)
A group of national space agencies released on Tuesday a revised long-term plan for human space exploration that makes uses of asteroids and the...

Fuel leak postpones GSLV launch
Posted: Tue, Aug 20 8:54 AM ET (1254 GMT)
A fuel leak focused the Indian space agency to scrub Monday's scheduled launch of its GSLV rocket, a problem that will likely lead to...

Scientists disagree over whether Voyager 1 has left the solar system
Posted: Tue, Aug 20 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
For the second time in less than six months, one team of scientists reported that Voyager 1 has left the solar system, while official mission...

Cosmonauts perform record-setting spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Aug 17 9:38 AM ET (1338 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts set an endurance record on Friday during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS). Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin completed the...

Report warns of cost and schedule issues with Orion
Posted: Sat, Aug 17 9:23 AM ET (1323 GMT)
A report by NASA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) this week warned that a flat funding profile for the agency's new crew...

NASA ends Kepler recovery efforts
Posted: Fri, Aug 16 8:36 AM ET (1236 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday that it is ending efforts to restore a failed reaction wheel on the Kepler spacecraft and will look for alternative missions for...

India ends plans to cooperate with Russia on lunar mission
Posted: Fri, Aug 16 8:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
An Indian official said this week that India was ending plans to cooperate with Russia on a planned lunar lander mission. The two countries had...

Proton to return to flight next month
Posted: Thu, Aug 15 9:03 AM ET (1303 GMT)
The Proton rocket will launch a commercial satellite in mid-September on its first launch since a dramatic launch failure last month. International Launch Services (...

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...