SpaceShipOne completes glide test
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 10:44 PM ET (0344 GMT)
SpaceShipOne, the X Prize suborbital vehicle being developed by Burt Rutan, made its first test flight in nearly three months on Thursday, an unpowered test...

Spirit approaches crater
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 1:39 PM ET (1839 GMT)
The Mars rover Spirit approached a crater it has been moving towards for several weeks, while project officials said both rovers' lifespans should be much...

Koptev to retire from Russian space agency
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 11:07 AM ET (1607 GMT)
Yuri Koptev, the longtime head of the Russian space agency, will retire and be replaced by the head of the Russian Space Forces, RIA Novosti...

NASA to permit independent review of Hubble decision
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 10:58 AM ET (1558 GMT)
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said Thursday that he would ask the National Academy of Sciences to review the safety of a shuttle servicing mission...

Report: next shuttle launch could be further delayed
Posted: Thu, Mar 11 8:53 PM ET (0153 GMT)
The launch of the first post-Columbia shuttle mission, already delayed until March 2005, could be pushed back up to nine additional months because of...

Congress remains undecided on Bush space plan
Posted: Thu, Mar 11 1:42 PM ET (1842 GMT)
Two key members of Congress said Wednesday that they had yet to decide whether to support the new space initiative announced by President Bush earlier...

New study shows bone loss in space still a problem
Posted: Thu, Mar 11 7:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
Scientists said this week that despite advances in exercise techniques, astronauts on long-duration missions on the International Space Station are still suffering from considerable...

Russia reorganizes space agency
Posted: Wed, Mar 10 3:27 PM ET (2027 GMT)
A reshuffling of the Russian government has given the Russian space agency a new name and removed aircraft from its purview, but has left its...

Hubble provides deepest view yet of universe
Posted: Tue, Mar 9 7:54 PM ET (0054 GMT)
Astronomers released Tuesday a new Hubble image that peers farther into the universe, and deeper into its past, than any previous view. The Ultra Deep...

Astronomers discover x-rays from Saturn
Posted: Tue, Mar 9 11:09 AM ET (1609 GMT)
Astronomers have observed the planet Saturn in x-rays for the first time, leaving astronomers puzzled why the distribution of x-rays is so different...