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Uranus, Neptune in NASA’s sights for new robotic mission
NASA has asked scientists to assess how to design and fly robotic space probes to Uranus and Neptune, the last of the solar system's classical planets yet to be orbited, likely ensuring the huge icy worlds are near the top of the space agency's to-do list in the coming decades.
VideoWatch the moon transit the Earth
Spectacular views from a NOAA space weather observatory show the sunlit far side of the moon crossing the face of the Earth from a distant vantage point a million miles away.
NOAA satellite sends back view of planet Earth
Fulfilling an idea dreamed up by former Vice President Al Gore more than 17 years ago, NASA has released the first in a daily series of Earth snapshots from a newly-launched spacecraft stationed a million miles away.
Satellite owners among bystanders in Falcon 9 accident
The long queue of satellites waiting on launches aboard SpaceX's Falcon rockets -- a backlog the company says is worth $7 billion -- will stay grounded while investigators determine what caused a Falcon 9 booster to disintegrate after liftoff Sunday.
Jason 3 satellite shipped to Vandenberg for SpaceX launch
An international oceanography satellite arrived at its California launch base from a factory in France on Thursday for fueling, testing and other final preps before its scheduled Aug. 8 blastoff on a Falcon 9 rocket.
DSCOVR space weather sentinel reaches finish line
A new space weather observatory launched in February has completed a four-month journey to an operating post a million miles from Earth, NOAA announced Monday.
Dawn enters new orbit closer to Ceres
NASA's Dawn asteroid explorer has arrived at its new perch 2,700 miles from the dwarf planet Ceres, a vantage point scientists say will yield better views as the probe continues to step closer to the surface.
Launch of U.S.-French oceanography satellite postponed
The launch of a U.S.-French oceanography satellite from California has been postponed from July 22 after engineers discovered contamination in one of the spacecraft's thrusters at its factory in France.
VideoUAE details ambitious plan for Martian weather satellite
Scientists from the United Arab Emirates have announced the Arab world's first Mars probe will launch in July 2020 and collect global measurements of the Martian atmosphere.
House bill backs exploration at the expense of Earth science
A draft policy outline passed on a party-line vote by a House committee last week calls for redirecting funding from NASA's Earth science programs into the space agency's heavy-lift rocket and Orion crew capsule programs, an outcome NASA's administrator said will set back climate change research.