Emails show NASA safety chief aware of Columbia concerns
Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2:21 PM ET (1821 GMT)
Email messages released by NASA earlier this week show that NASA’s top safety official was informed of issue about potential damage to Columbia while...

Titan 4 propellant leak delays launch
Posted: Thu, Aug 14 12:01 PM ET (1601 GMT)
The launch of a Titan 4B has been delayed for at least one day after a propellant leak on the launch pad Tuesday. The launch...

Satellite problem delays Ariane 5 launch
Posted: Thu, Aug 14 11:52 AM ET (1552 GMT)
A problem with one of the satellites scheduled to be launched on the next Ariane 5 has delayed its launch by several days, Arianespace announced...

Pegasus launches SCISAT-1
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2:24 AM ET (0624 GMT)
A Pegasus XL launched a Canadian earth sciences satellite Tuesday evening. The Pegasus XL was deployed from Orbital Science Corporation’s L-1011 aircraft at...

Soyuz launches Russian military satellite
Posted: Tue, Aug 12 8:47 PM ET (0047 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a Russian military satellite on Tuesday, according to Russian reports. The Soyuz0U booster lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in...

ISS wedding takes place
Posted: Mon, Aug 11 12:28 PM ET (1628 GMT)
International Space Station cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko married his earthbound bride in a unique ceremony on the station and Earth on Sunday. The marriage between Malenchenko...

SpaceShipOne completes first glide test
Posted: Sun, Aug 10 4:21 AM ET (0821 GMT)
SpaceShipOne (SS1), the suborbital RLV being developed by Scaled Composites, completed its first unpowered free flight on Thursday. The vehicle was carried aloft attached underneath...

Explosion disrupts solid rocket fuel production
Posted: Sun, Aug 10 4:06 AM ET (0806 GMT)
An explosion that leveled a building at a California plant has caused the company to suspend production of solid rocket propellant. The explosion late Thursday...

Shuttle return-to-flight panel meets
Posted: Sat, Aug 9 5:44 PM ET (2144 GMT)
A NASA-commissioned independent group met for the first time this week to review plans for returning the space shuttle to flight. The Stafford-Covey...

XM announces plans for new satellite, launch
Posted: Sat, Aug 9 11:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
XM Satellite Radio announced Thursday that the company will launch a third satellite and begin construction of a fourth to deal with problems with its...