Spirit landing site named to honor Columbia
Posted: Wed, Jan 7 11:43 AM ET (1643 GMT)
The landing site of NASA's Mars rover Spirit will be renamed to honor the crew of the shuttle Columbia, lost nearly one year ago....

Stardust returns more data from comet flyby
Posted: Wed, Jan 7 11:36 AM ET (1636 GMT)
NASA's Stardust spacecraft has transmitted additional images and other data from its flyby of the comet Wild-2, scientists said Tuesday. Project scientists said...

NASA shows off color images from Spirit
Posted: Wed, Jan 7 12:04 AM ET (0504 GMT)
Scientists showed off Tuesday the first color images taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, calling the images the sharpest ever taken of the planet....

Boeing, Lockheed win GPS 3 study contracts
Posted: Tue, Jan 6 11:45 PM ET (0445 GMT)
The Air Force awarded Boeing and Lockheed Martin study contracts Monday for the next generation of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. Each company will receive $...

Arianespace earns profit in 2003
Posted: Tue, Jan 6 2:56 PM ET (1956 GMT)
European launch services company Arianespace earned a profit in 2003 after major losses in recent years, the company's CEO said Tuesday. Jean-Yves Le...

First color images from Spirit expected Tuesday
Posted: Tue, Jan 6 11:51 AM ET (1651 GMT)
The first color images from NASA's Mars rover Spirit should be transmitted Tuesday as controllers prepare the spacecraft to move off the lander early...

Slow air leak detected on ISS
Posted: Mon, Jan 5 8:10 PM ET (0110 GMT)
Flight controllers have noticed a small, unexplained loss of air pressure on the International Space Station, but noted that it does not pose a risk...

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...