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SpaceX on track for cargo launch Monday
Weather forecasters will be on the lookout for rain showers and thunderstorms during Monday's scheduled launch of a SpaceX cargo craft to the International Space Station, but there is a 60 percent chance conditions at Cape Canaveral will permit liftoff.
Rain research satellite ends science mission, heads for re-entry
NASA has switched off research instruments aboard the long-lived Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, preparing the satellite for a destructive re-entry as soon as June and ending its 17-year run observing tropical cyclones from orbit.
NASA adding to list of CubeSats flying on first SLS mission
With room for 11 small shoebox-sized CubeSats on the first test flight of NASA's behemoth Space Launch System, agency officials have turned to scientists, industry and students to fill the slots in time for launch in 2018.
Diverse destinations considered for new interplanetary probe
Science teams from across the United States have submitted 28 proposals for missions to explore the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, touch the asteroid-like satellites orbiting Mars, visit unseen worlds and hunt for objects that could strike Earth one day.
Rosetta probe disoriented by comet dust
Ground controllers are analyzing a fault aboard Europe's Rosetta spacecraft after an encounter with comet dust confused the probe's navigation system, leaving the robot explorer in a temporary safe mode and halting regular science operations.
Launch of BepiColombo mission to Mercury slips to 2017
The launch of a nearly $2 billion joint mission robotic mission to Mercury by Europe and Japan will be delayed from next year to early 2017 to account for late deliveries of critical components and scientific instrumentation, according to the European Space Agency.
SpaceX, Sierra Nevada get more time to finish flight tests
NASA has extended development agreements with SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corp. past a March 31 deadline, giving the companies more time to complete delayed tests on commercial spacecraft intended to one day ferry astronauts into space.
VideoRockot launcher deploys Russian data relay satellites
Three small satellites launched from Russia's Plesetsk Cosmdorome into a 930-mile-high orbit Tuesday, flying into space aboard a Rockot launcher to relay emails, technical data and other messages between remote users.
SpaceX cargo launch now set for April 13
The launch of SpaceX's next resupply run to the International Space Station has been rescheduled for April 13, officials said Tuesday.
Chinese navigation system enters new phase with successful launch
China launched a new spacecraft into orbit Monday begin growing the country's Beidou navigation system into a global service alongside satellite constellations from the United States, Russia and Europe.