Congress passes NASA workforce bill
Posted: Sat, Jan 31 8:50 PM ET (0150 GMT)
The House of Representatives passed this week a bill that would give NASA greater flexibility in hiring and retaining employees. The House passed the NASA...

Opportunity rolls onto Martian surface
Posted: Sat, Jan 31 9:42 AM ET (1442 GMT)
Move one day ahead of schedule, the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity successfully rolled off its lander and onto the Martian surface early Saturday. Opportunity rolled...

Bush names space panel
Posted: Sat, Jan 31 9:22 AM ET (1422 GMT)
President Bush named nine people, ranging from scientists to business leaders, to a panel that will review the president's new space exploration policy. The...

Opportunity to roll off lander Saturday night
Posted: Fri, Jan 30 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Mars Exploration Rover project officials said Thursday they believe the rover Opportunity will be ready to roll off its lander and onto the Martian surface...

Boeing space unit reports losses for quarter, year
Posted: Fri, Jan 30 10:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
The space unit of The Boeing Company reported Thursday a loss for its fiscal fourth quarter as well as for all of 2003. The Launch...

CAIB chair to review Hubble decision
Posted: Thu, Jan 29 6:44 PM ET (2344 GMT)
NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said Thursday that he has asked the chairman of the former Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) to review the agency'...

Soyuz launches Progress spacecraft to ISS
Posted: Thu, Jan 29 1:17 PM ET (1817 GMT)
A Soyuz booster launched a Progress cargo spacecraft Thursday on a mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz lifted off from Baikonur at 6:...

Spirit could resume work next week
Posted: Thu, Jan 29 11:37 AM ET (1637 GMT)
Engineers at JPL said Wednesday they were optimistic that the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, immobilized since a computer problem started a week ago, could resume...

NASA still planning September shuttle flight
Posted: Thu, Jan 29 11:11 AM ET (1611 GMT)
NASA officials said they believe that they can still return the shuttle to flight in September despite an independent report that claimed the agency had...

X-43A completes captive carry flight, launch scheduled for February
Posted: Wed, Jan 28 8:27 PM ET (0127 GMT)
An X-43A hypersonic research vehicle completed a captive carry flight under the wing of a B-52 Monday, clearing the way for a full-...