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Rover roll-off to be delayed a few days
Posted: Thu, Jan 8 1:06 PM ET (1806 GMT)
Officials with NASA's Mars Exploration Rover project said that the "roll-off" of the rover Spirit from its lander will be delayed a few...

Mars Express fails to detect Beagle 2
Posted: Wed, Jan 7 1:34 PM ET (1834 GMT)
A first attempt by ESA's Mars Express orbiter to detect signals from the British-built Beagle 2 lander turned up nothing on Wednesday. Mars...

Air scrubber suspected in ISS air leak
Posted: Wed, Jan 7 1:27 PM ET (1827 GMT)
A small air leak reported on the International Space Station earlier this week may be associated with a carbon dioxide scrubber, according to NASA officials....

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...



news in brief
White House releases new space transportation policy
Posted: Sat, Aug 22 7:56 AM ET (1156 GMT)

Rocket Lab launches Japanese SAR satellite
Posted: Sat, Aug 22 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)

NASA and Katalyst Space call off Swift reboost attempt
Posted: Sat, Aug 22 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)

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