Scientists: powerful 2012 solar storm was a "close call" for Earth
Posted: Thu, Mar 20 7:20 AM ET (1120 GMT)
A powerful solar storm in 2012 could have wreaked havoc on communications and power systems on the Earth had not just missed the Earth, scientists...

Atlas to launch ESA/NASA solar orbiter
Posted: Wed, Mar 19 7:14 AM ET (1114 GMT)
An Atlas V rocket will launch a joint European-American solar orbiter mission in 2017, NASA announced Tuesday. The Atlas V 411 rocket is scheduled...

Astronomers detect direct evidence of cosmic inflation
Posted: Tue, Mar 18 7:30 AM ET (1130 GMT)
A team of astronomers announced Monday that they had detected primordial gravitational waves in the cosmic microwave background, a discovery they say provides the strongest...

Yutu rover awakes from dormancy but with continued technical problems
Posted: Mon, Mar 17 6:50 AM ET (1050 GMT)
China's Yutu lunar rover awoke late last week still suffering from the same mechanical problems that have plagued the rover since January, Chinese officials...

Proton launches two communications satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 16 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a pair of Russian communications satellites on Sunday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 7:08...

First Orion test flight slips to December
Posted: Sat, Mar 15 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
The first launch of NASA's Orion spacecraft has been delayed from September to December because of issues with the launch manifest, NASA announced late...

SpaceX launch postponed
Posted: Fri, Mar 14 6:25 AM ET (1025 GMT)
SpaceX announced late Thursday that it has delayed the launch of its next cargo mission to the International Space Station by two weeks, reportedly due...

IAU expresses opposition to Mars crater naming initiative
Posted: Thu, Mar 13 7:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
An effort to crowdsource names for Martian craters that seeks to raise money for space education and research efforts is facing opposition from an international...

MRO goes into safe mode
Posted: Wed, Mar 12 6:56 AM ET (1056 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft went into safe mode earlier this week because of a computer glitch, but should resume normal operations in...

Soyuz returns ISS crewmembers to Earth
Posted: Tue, Mar 11 6:30 AM ET (1030 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian and one American ISS crewmembers landed in Kazakhstan on Tuesday morning. The Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft landed southeast of...