China offers hints on future Shenzhou, station plans
Posted: Sat, Nov 8 8:48 AM ET (1348 GMT)
Chinese officials said this week that the country is planning to develop a space station within the next ten years, but offered few specific details...

ESA cancels, scales back science missions
Posted: Fri, Nov 7 8:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
Citing budget problems, the European Space Agency announced Thursday that it was canceling one mission to search for extrasolar planets and scaling back another mission...

Contamination affecting Chandra instrument
Posted: Fri, Nov 7 8:22 AM ET (1322 GMT)
A layer of contamination is reducing the effectiveness of one instrument on NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory, New Scientist magazine reported this week. In...

Space losses weigh down EADS
Posted: Fri, Nov 7 8:11 AM ET (1311 GMT)
The space division of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) reported continued losses as it continues to restructure. The space division of EADS...

Spacehab reports modest profit
Posted: Fri, Nov 7 7:53 AM ET (1253 GMT)
Spacehab announced Thursday that the company made a small profit in its latest quarter despite a drop in revenues. The company reported net income of $...

Senator introduces legislation to establish space commission
Posted: Thu, Nov 6 8:16 PM ET (0116 GMT)
A member of the US Senate introduced legislation Wednesday that would establish a permanent commission to oversee NASA and ensure it carries out the recommendations...

NASA awards ISS integration contracts
Posted: Thu, Nov 6 7:55 PM ET (0055 GMT)
NASA awarded a pair of International Space Station integration contracts Wednesday as part of a restructuring effort. NASA awarded a contract for ISS Cargo Mission...

Voyager approaches limits of solar system
Posted: Thu, Nov 6 7:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched over 25 years ago, may have reached the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space, although scientists are...

NASA selects five Explorer mission concepts for study
Posted: Thu, Nov 6 7:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
NASA announced this week that it has chosen five mission concepts, ranging from studies of Jupiter to searches for dark matter, for further study. The...

Giant solar flare observed
Posted: Wed, Nov 5 7:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
One of the biggest solar flares ever observed erupted on the Sun Tuesday afternoon, but is not expected to have a major effect on the...