Yutu enters hibernation again with its technical problems unresolved
Posted: Sun, Feb 23 10:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
China's Yutu lunar rover entered its third two-week hibernation period Saturday with technical problems that earlier appeared to jeopardize the mission unresolved, official...

Air Force discloses space surveillance satellite program
Posted: Sat, Feb 22 9:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
An Air Force general disclosed Friday the existence of a previously-classified program to develop satellites to keep watch on others in geosynchronous orbit. Speaking...

Delta 4 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Fri, Feb 21 7:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
A Delta 4 rocket successfully launched a GPS navigation satellite on Thursday evening. The Delta 4 Medium-Plus (4,2) lifted off from Cape Canaveral...

Google Lunar X PRIZE selects finalists for milestone prizes
Posted: Thu, Feb 20 7:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
A team of judges has selected five times as finalists to compete for a set of "milestone" prizes intended to give them momentum towards achieving...

ESA selects exoplanet observatory mission for development
Posted: Thu, Feb 20 6:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced Wednesday that it has chosen a proposal to build a spacecraft to search for extrasolar planets, with launch scheduled in...

Cygnus departs from ISS
Posted: Wed, Feb 19 7:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
A Cygnus cargo spacecraft left the International Space Station early Tuesday, carrying away garbage to be destroyed upon reentry. The station's Canadarm2 robotic arm...

Proton launches Turksat-4A
Posted: Sat, Feb 15 9:58 AM ET (1458 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a Turkish communications satellite on Saturday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4:09 pm EST...

NASA: "jelly doughnut" Mars rock is just a rock
Posted: Sat, Feb 15 9:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
An unusual rock spotted by NASA's Opportunity rover last month dubbed the "jelly doughnut" is simply a rock kicked up by the rover's...

Spaceport hearings draw mixed reactions
Posted: Fri, Feb 14 7:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
Two public hearings this week on plans for an environmental impact study of a proposed commercial spaceport in Florida drew mixed, and in one case...

China: Yutu rover "alive" but suffering problems
Posted: Thu, Feb 13 9:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
Chinese officials said early Thursday that the the Yutu lunar rover, which many Western outlets had reported to be lost on Wednesday, was functioning but...