Winds delay test of Mars reentry technology
Posted: Fri, Jun 13 8:07 AM ET (1207 GMT)
A persistent, unseasonal pattern of high winds has delayed a planned test of a Mars reentry technology demonstrator until at least late this month, project...

Government to allow sale of higher resolution commercial imagery
Posted: Fri, Jun 13 7:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
The US government will now allow a leading commercial remote sensing company to sell images at higher resolutions than previously permitted. DigitalGlobe announced this week...

Turbopump bearing blamed for Proton failure
Posted: Thu, Jun 12 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
Russian officials have blamed a Proton launch failure last month on a faulty turbopump bearing in the rocket's upper stage. The head of Roscosmos,...

Google to acquire Skybox Imaging
Posted: Wed, Jun 11 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
Internet giant Google announced Tuesday it has agreed to acquire commercial satellite remote sensing company Skybox Imaging for $500 million in cash. Skybox, located not...

Smoke briefly observed inside ISS
Posted: Wed, Jun 11 9:48 AM ET (1348 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station saw smoke in one of the station's Russian modules on Tuesday, but the problem was quickly resolved....

House passes NASA authorization bill
Posted: Tue, Jun 10 7:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)
The US House of Representatives approved, by a nearly unanimous vote, a new NASA authorization bill that would place restrictions on NASA's plans to...

Lunar rocks provide evidence for collisional formation model
Posted: Sat, Jun 7 9:36 AM ET (1336 GMT)
An analysis of the chemistry of lunar meteorites and rocks has provided scientists with new evidence that the Moon formed as the result of a...

Report calls for new approach for sending humans to Mars
Posted: Thu, Jun 5 10:50 AM ET (1450 GMT)
A report by a Congressionally-mandated committee released Wednesday reaffirmed Mars as the long-term destination of human space exploration, but concluded NASA's current...

Lockheed Martin wins contract for Space Fence
Posted: Wed, Jun 4 6:59 AM ET (1059 GMT)
The US Air Force has awarded a $914-million contract to Lockheed Martin to develop a new radar system to track satellites and orbital debris....

Astronomers discover giant, rocky "mega-Earth"
Posted: Tue, Jun 3 6:32 AM ET (1032 GMT)
Astronomers said Monday that they have discovered an unexpected class of extrasolar planet about the mass of Neptune but rocky like the Earth. The planet,...