Asteroid narrowly misses Earth
Posted: Fri, Jun 21 10:37 AM ET (1437 GMT)
A small asteroid passed just 120,000 kilometers from the Earth earlier this month, one of the closest observed approaches of an asteroid in recent...

News briefs: June 20
Posted: Fri, Jun 21 8:11 AM ET (1211 GMT)
Model and actress Cindy Crawford said Thursday she may be interested in visiting the International Space Station. Crawford, in Moscow this week, was told of...

Rockot launches two Iridium satellites
Posted: Thu, Jun 20 1:51 PM ET (1751 GMT)
A Rockot booster successfully launched two Iridium satellites Thursday morning. The Rockot lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 5:34 am...

"Winking" star may host new planets
Posted: Thu, Jun 20 9:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
Astronomers said Wednesday that a distant young star with an unusual pattern of eclipses may be home to a circumstellar disk with one or more...

News briefs: June 19
Posted: Thu, Jun 20 8:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
If Lance Bass will be a space tourist on the October Soyuz flight, a deal must be concluded within the next few days, according to...

Shuttle lands in California
Posted: Wed, Jun 19 3:17 PM ET (1917 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour safely landed in California after weather conditions prevented a landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Endeavour touched down on...

Endeavour diverted to California
Posted: Wed, Jun 19 12:27 PM ET (1627 GMT)
Poor weather for the third consecutive day in Florida has led NASA to try a landing of the shuttle Endeavour in California this afternoon instead....

Another Jupiter-like exoplanet discovered
Posted: Wed, Jun 19 8:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
Astronomers announced Tuesday the discovery of an extrasolar planet similar to Jupiter, the second such planet found in less than a week. A European team...

News briefs: June 18
Posted: Wed, Jun 19 7:08 AM ET (1108 GMT)
TRW announced late Tuesday night that it was selling its aeronautical systems division to Goodrich for $1.5 billion in cash. The sale, rumors of...

Arianespace, ILS, BLS win launch contracts
Posted: Wed, Jun 19 12:34 AM ET (0434 GMT)
The three biggest players in the commercial launch industry were awarded contracts Tuesday for the launch of five communications satellites. SES Americom awarded two launch...