SpaceShipOne completes second drop test
Posted: Mon, Sep 8 8:42 AM ET (1242 GMT)
SpaceShipOne, the suborbital RLV being developed for the X Prize, completed its second successful drop test late last month. The spacecraft was dropped from its...

NASA to unveil shuttle return to flight plan
Posted: Mon, Sep 8 8:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
NASA plans to release Monday its plan to return the space shuttle to flight, although early versions of the plan leaked to the media reveal...

Report criticizes military space programs
Posted: Sat, Sep 6 1:14 PM ET (1714 GMT)
Several key US military satellite and launch vehicle programs are being plagued by development problems caused by an overemphasis on containing costs, a Pentagon report...

Progress undocks from ISS
Posted: Fri, Sep 5 1:42 PM ET (1742 GMT)
An unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Thursday to carry out a month-long scientific mission. The spacecraft, called Progress...

ILS wins Malaysian launch contract
Posted: Fri, Sep 5 10:52 AM ET (1452 GMT)
International Launch Services (ILS) announced Friday that it has won a contract to launch a Malaysian communications satellite in 2005. ILS said that a Proton...

Senate committee approves $15.3 billion NASA budget
Updated: Fri, Sep 5 10:41 AM ET (1441 GMT)
Originally Posted: Thu, Sep 4 8:33 PM ET (0033 GMT)
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $15.3 billion fiscal year 2004 budget for NASA on Thursday, trimming $200 million from the International Space Station...

First SIRTF image released
Posted: Thu, Sep 4 2:03 PM ET (1803 GMT)
NASA released Wednesday the first image from the new Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) spacecraft launched last week. The image of a star field, taken...

Senators criticize NASA, O'Keefe
Posted: Thu, Sep 4 10:48 AM ET (1448 GMT)
Members of a Senate committee that oversees NASA criticized the agency and administrator Sean O'Keefe in the first Congressional hearing since the release of...

Grunsfeld named NASA chief scientist
Posted: Thu, Sep 4 10:35 AM ET (1435 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that it has named veteran astronaut and astrophysicist John Grunsfeld as the agency's chief scientist, replacing fellow astronaut Shannon Lucid. Grunsfeld,...

Asteroid impact risk in 2014 eliminated
Posted: Wed, Sep 3 11:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
Updated orbit calculations based on new observations have eliminated any chance that a newly-discovered asteroid will collide with the Earth in 2014. The asteroid,...