Mars Express lowers orbit
Posted: Sun, Jan 4 2:15 PM ET (1915 GMT)
ESA's Mars Express spacecraft fired its engine Sunday to bring its orbit closer to Mars, enabling it to soon begin a search for the...

Spirit returns first images of landing site
Posted: Sun, Jan 4 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
The Mars rover Spirit has sent back its first images of its landing site, revealing relatively flat terrain with few obstacles for the rover. The...

Spirit lands on Mars
Posted: Sun, Jan 4 1:22 AM ET (0622 GMT)
NASA's Spirit Mars rover has successfully landed on Mars, project officials report. The spacecraft landed on Mars at 11:35 pm EST Saturday (0435...

Stardust completes comet flyby
Posted: Fri, Jan 2 8:23 PM ET (0123 GMT)
NASA's Stardust spacecraft successfully flew past the nucleus of comet Wild-2 on Friday, collecting images, other data, and samples of comet dust to...

Astronomers plot galactic habitable zone
Posted: Fri, Jan 2 6:06 PM ET (2306 GMT)
Astronomers have determined that up to one-tenth of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy lie in a habitable zone that would permit that...

Boeing gets ISS contract extension
Posted: Thu, Jan 1 2:37 PM ET (1937 GMT)
NASA awarded Boeing on Wednesday an extension to an existing contract to cover assembly and support for the International Space Station. The extension to the...

Stardust gears up for comet flyby
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 7:33 PM ET (0033 GMT)
NASA's Stardust spacecraft is ready to fly past a comet on Friday, project officials confirmed this week. Stardust will pass about 300 km from...

Mars Express adjusts orbit around planet
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 11:04 AM ET (1604 GMT)
ESA's Mars Express spacecraft maneuvered into a polar orbit around the Red Planet on Tuesday, bringing the spacecraft closer to beginning scientific work as...

Spirit tweaks course for Mars
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 10:53 AM ET (1553 GMT)
Spirit, one of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, adjusted its course late last week to put the spacecraft on final approach for a landing...

Lockheed wins satellite order
Posted: Tue, Dec 30 6:53 PM ET (2353 GMT)
Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that it has won a contract for a commercial communications satellite from an unspecified customer. The company said it has signed...