NASA's next Mars rover will feature state-of-the-art science and technology instruments, including a device to cache rock and soil samples for possible return to Earth and another to extract oxygen from the martian atmosphere, officials said Thursday. Read More...

A quarter of the century after launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope is still pushing the frontiers of observational astronomy, thanks to the sensitivity of its instruments, the ultra precise way the observatory can be controlled and ingenious new techniques.
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Five years after a final shuttle servicing mission, the Hubble Space Telescope's instruments are operating in near-flawless fashion and while one of its six stabilizing gyros has failed, engineers are optimistic the observatory will operate through the end of the decade. Read More...

The fifth and final launch of the European Space Agency's fifth and final station-bound ATV cargo ship marks the end of an era as the agency shifts its focus to providing power and propulsion for NASA's Orion deep space exploration vehicle. (UPDATED) Read More...

Running five days late because of stormy weather and trouble with ground equipment, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket finally thundered to life and climbed away from Cape Canaveral Monday, boosting three military satellites into orbit. (UPDATED)
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A Russian Progress cargo ship loaded with 2.8 tons of supplies and equipment blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday and docked with the International Space Station after a problem-free rendezvous. Read More...

Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins joined NASA dignitaries and Neil Armstrong's family Monday to rename the iconic Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in honor of the first man to walk on the moon.
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Forty-five years after Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong and astronaut Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon and became the first humans to visit another world, the sheer drama of their descent to the cratered surface still reads like an improbable thriller. Read More...

A Cygnus cargo ship loaded with more than 1.5 tons of supplies and equipment was plucked out of open space by the International Space Station's robot arm early Wednesday and pulled in for berthing to wrap up a three-day rendezvous.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted six lightweight Orbcomm data relay satellites into space Monday in a commercial launch marking the 10th apparent success in a row for the California rocket builder. (UPDATED)
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An Orbital Sciences Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus cargo capsule thundered away from the Virginia coast Sunday and streaked into orbit, kicking off a three-day flight to deliver more than 1.5 tons of supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.
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NASA has finalized a $2.8 billion contract with Boeing for development of avionics systems and the 20-story-tall first stage of the agency's planned Space Launch System rocket, a gargantuan booster intended to propel astronauts on missions to deep space targets. Read More...

The U.S. government has filed a motion with the Court of Federal Claims to dismiss a key element in a lawsuit by SpaceX challenging a sole-source multi-rocket contract awarded to United Launch Alliance last December. Read More...

A workhorse Delta 2 rocket roared to life and climbed away from California coast early Wednesday, boosting an environmental research satellite into orbit on a $468 million mission to precisely measure global carbon dioxide levels, a key factor in climate change. (UPDATED)
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