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Mars rover’s drill out of action
The rock-coring drill fixed to the end of the Curiosity rover's robot arm has suspended operations to allow engineers on the ground to diagnose, and officials hope correct, a problem traced to the mechanism that pushes the drill bit onto rocks to collect powder samples.
VideoEurope’s new Mars orbiter gives first taste of science data
A first look at the red planet from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, now in its second month at Mars, gave scientists a sample of the three-dimensional imagery and detailed atmospheric measurements expected over the spacecraft's five-year mission.
ESA says doomed Mars lander succumbed to bad altitude reading
One second of faulty data led to the destruction of a European spacecraft on final descent to Mars last month, officials said Wednesday.
Study shows Pluto should be counted among solar system’s ocean worlds
Scientists believe they can explain how an ocean of water is lurking beneath an ice sheet inside Pluto's prominent heart-shaped region, an iconic frozen landscape discovered during the New Horizons spacecraft's flyby last year.
Photos: America’s 100th EELV blasts off
The 100th flight of America's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program -- a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket -- departed Cape Canaveral on Saturday evening carrying the most advanced U.S. weather satellite ever made.
VideoCygnus cargo freighter leaves station, but its mission is not over
A commercial Cygnus supply ship left the International Space Station on Monday after delivering more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and experiments, ready to start a week of standalone operations to include a groundbreaking microgravity fire experiment and deployment of four commercial weather-monitoring CubeSats in orbit.
Photos: Atlas 5 launches new weather observer
Launching the high-tech GOES-R satellite to revolutionize U.S. weather forecasting, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral on Saturday at 6:42 p.m. EST (2342 GMT).
VideoAtlas 5 launches the most advanced U.S. weather satellite in history
Revolutionizing the way American meteorologists see the weather, likened to the advancement from black and white television to modern high definition TV, a new observatory was successfully launched Saturday by an Atlas 5 rocket to serve as the linchpin to forecasting what tomorrow will bring.
Video: GOES-R departs Earth atop Atlas 5 rocket
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 197 feet tall and and weighing 1.2 million pounds, unleashes 2.4 million pounds of thrust from its main engine and four solid-fuel boosters at 6:42 p.m. EST (2342 GMT) Saturday to launch the GOES-R weather observer for NASA and NOAA from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
Advancing the future of weather forecasting in the U.S., a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:42 p.m. EST (2342 GMT) today to deploy the GOES-R satellite, anext-generation geostationary observatory that promises unprecedented clarity and speed in tracking storms. Follow the ascent in our live journal.