Jeff Foust's Link Journalism
Added: November 1, 2008
India's first lunar mission, currently en route to the Moon, has returned its first images of the Earth.
Colorado isn't usually considered a "space state", like Florida, Texas, or California, but the state has a large and thriving government and commercial space sector.
Added: November 1, 2008
The new director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center hopes to diversify the work performed there to mitigate the job losses expected when the space shuttle retires.
NASA's Swift spacecraft has detected the most distant gamma ray burst ever, at a distance of 12.8 billion light-years, meaning that it dates back to less than a billion years after the Big Bang.
Alliant Techsystems and United Space Alliance have put a temporary halt to a dispute that at one point led USA to announce that it would stop working with ATK on the first stage of the Ares 1 launch vehicle.
A Proton-M rocket successfully launched a Canadian communications satellite early Saturday.
The European Commission and ESA have selected 11 finalists to bid on the six components of Europe's planned Galileo satellite navigation system.
Added: September 20, 2008
China's Shenzhou 7 spacecraft has been mounted atop its launch vehicle as its planned launch next week approaches.
What are those mysterious clumps on the legs of the Phoenix Mars Lander and why do they appear the be growing? Scientists believe that they be bits of mud or salt that attract moisture.
A startup company is partnering with Google, HSBC, and Liberty Global to develop a satellite system that can provide broadband Internet access to underserved regions of the globe, such as Africa.
