Dittemore confirms plans to resign from NASA
Posted: Wed, Apr 23 10:54 PM ET (0254 GMT)
Space shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore confirmed several days of rumors on Wednesday when he said he plans to leave the agency after the completion...

Columbia investigators focus attention on foam theory
Posted: Wed, Apr 23 10:36 AM ET (1436 GMT)
Members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) said Tuesday that they are increasingly certain that a chunk of foam falling from the shuttle's...

Lockheed reports higher earnings for space systems
Posted: Wed, Apr 23 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
Lockheed Martin reported yesterday increased sales and profits for its space systems division, largely because of increased government business. The company said it recorded $2....

SpaceDev announces new launch vehicle
Posted: Tue, Apr 22 9:53 PM ET (0153 GMT)
California-based aerospace company SpaceDev announced Tuesday that it was developing a new low-cost launch vehicle for carrying small payloads into low Earth orbit (...

Report: shuttle manager Dittemore to resign
Posted: Sun, Apr 20 3:05 PM ET (1905 GMT)
Space shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore, one of the key figures in the Columbia accident investigation, is expected to resign in the near future to...

Rutan unveils reusable suborbital spacecraft
Posted: Sat, Apr 19 10:05 PM ET (0205 GMT)
Noted aircraft designer Burt Rutan displayed publicly for the first time Friday a reusable suborbital manned spacecraft billed as the "first private manned space program."...

NASA delays SIRTF launch until August
Posted: Sat, Apr 19 9:54 PM ET (0154 GMT)
NASA announced late Friday that it has delayed the launch of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) spacecraft until mid-August because of continuing issues...

Astronomers successfully predict supernova
Posted: Fri, Apr 18 12:39 PM ET (1639 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week that they have for the first time successfully predicted when a star would undergo a supernova explosion. Supernova 2003dh was observed...

CAIB issues preliminary recommendations for shuttle
Posted: Thu, Apr 17 1:43 PM ET (1743 GMT)
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) issued a pair of preliminary recommendations Thursday regarding the inspection of portions of shuttle thermal protection system as well...

Investigators relocate Columbia wing breach
Posted: Tue, Apr 15 9:36 PM ET (0136 GMT)
Columbia accident investigators said Tuesday that they now believe that the site of the breach in the leading edge of the shuttle's left wing...