Astrium wins satellite order
Posted: Wed, Feb 5 6:04 AM ET (1104 GMT)
European satellite manufacturer Astrium has won a contract to build a replacement communications satellite for Telesat Canada. Astrium won the contract to build Anik F1R...

Bush, O'Keefe remember crew at memorial
Posted: Wed, Feb 5 5:52 AM ET (1052 GMT)
President George Bush and NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe honored the crew of the space shuttle Columbia at a memorial service in Houston Tuesday. Bush,...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Tue, Feb 4 1:55 PM ET (1855 GMT)
An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft carrying critical supplies docked with the International Space Station Tuesday morning. The Progress M-47 spacecraft, also known as Progress...

Tank, tiles focus of Columbia investigation
Posted: Tue, Feb 4 8:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
NASA investigators said Monday they are working on the assumption that the shuttle's external tank is the root source of the problems that caused...

Bush proposes $15.5 billion budget for NASA in 2004
Posted: Tue, Feb 4 7:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
President Bush released his proposed fiscal year 2004 budget on Monday, including nearly $15.5 billion for NASA in a budget as yet untouched by...

Shuttle disaster affects aerospace stocks
Posted: Mon, Feb 3 9:16 PM ET (0216 GMT)
The possible short- and long-term effects of the loss of the space shuttle Columbia hurt the stocks of several aerospace companies involved with the...

Temperature spike latest evidence in investigation
Posted: Mon, Feb 3 8:22 AM ET (1322 GMT)
NASA officials said Sunday that they recorded a sudden increase in temperature on the left wing in Columbia's final minutes, the latest evidence that...

Future plans for ISS uncertain in wake of shuttle accident
Posted: Mon, Feb 3 12:12 AM ET (0512 GMT)
The loss of the space shuttle Columbia and the resulting grounding of the shuttle fleet have raised questions about not only the continued assembly of...

Report: significant NASA budget increase planned for 2004
Posted: Sun, Feb 2 11:53 PM ET (0453 GMT)
The Bush Administration's fiscal year 2004 budget proposal includes a nearly half-billion increase in NASA's budget, Reuters reported Sunday, but the aftermath...

Condolences come in from around the world about shuttle tragedy
Posted: Sun, Feb 2 12:33 PM ET (1733 GMT)
World leaders have contacted the governments of the United States and Israel to express their condolences regarding the loss of the shuttle Columbia and its...