When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Earth-observing satellite, called Glory, launched this morning (March 4), but within ...

NASA does not expect to fly an exact copy of its Glory climate observation satellite lost in a March 4 launch attempt, according to an agency official. “We’re certainly not going to do a carbon ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA intends to finish and fly the Glory climate-monitoring satellite, reversing a decision the U ...

The launch failure that doomed NASA's Glory climate satellite shouldn't affect plans for the rocket's builder to fly cargo ships – and possibly even manned spacecraft – for NASA, the company said. The ...

A NASA mission to study how the Sun and aerosols in our atmosphere affect the Earth’s climate has failed shortly after take-off. Officials said that the $424m Glory satellite did not reach orbit and ...

NASA’s environmental satellite failed to separate from its rocket this morning after liftoff and likely crashed it the Pacific Ocean. NASA said telemetry indicated the fairing, the protective shell ...

Bowing to political pressure, NASA once again is considering flying a high-priority greenhouse gas sensor on a satellite dedicated to that mission. In the summer of 2003, at the conclusion of an ...

WASHINGTON -- A rocket carrying an Earth-observation satellite plummeted into the Pacific Ocean after a failed launch attempt Friday, the second-straight blow to NASA's weakened environmental ...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — NASA says a rocket that blasted off carrying an Earth-observation satellite has failed to reach orbit. Vandenberg Air Force Base officials say the Taurus XL rocket ...

This story was updated at 2:44 p.m. ET. NASA's Earth-observing satellite, called Glory, launched this morning (March 4), but within minutes, scientists realized the rocket would not make it into orbit ...