NASA finds problems with shuttle rudder gears
Posted: Tue, Mar 23 10:45 AM ET (1545 GMT)
NASA engineers have discovered that gears within actuators that control the rudder speed brakes on space shuttle Discovery suffered a number of problems, including one...

Opportunity climbs out of crater
Posted: Tue, Mar 23 10:30 AM ET (1530 GMT)
After one failed attempt, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on Monday climbed out of the crater it had landed it nearly two months ago....

Paul Allen invests in SETI telescope project
Posted: Mon, Mar 22 7:57 PM ET (0057 GMT)
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has donated an additional $13.5 million to an effort to build an array of radio telescopes to look for...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Sat, Mar 20 4:31 PM ET (2131 GMT)
A Boeing Delta 2 successfully launched a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite Saturday afternoon. The Boeing Delta 2 7925 lifted off from Pad 17B at...

Mars "blueberries" contain hematite
Posted: Sat, Mar 20 10:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
Small, spherical rocks dubbed "blueberries", found at the Opportunity Mars rover landing site, are rich in hematite, a mineral formed in the presence of water,...

Mars Express maps water ice at south pole
Posted: Sat, Mar 20 9:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
ESA's Mars Express spacecraft has detected large quantities of water ice in the south polar regions of Mars, concluding that there may be far...

NASA cancels technology development programs
Posted: Fri, Mar 19 8:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
NASA has started canceling technology development programs that don't fit the needs of the new space initiative, including a hypersonic flight program and a...

General Dynamics to buy Spectrum Astro
Posted: Thu, Mar 18 9:31 PM ET (0231 GMT)
General Dynamics announced Thursday that it will acquire Spectrum Astro, a developer of space systems primarily for the US government. General Dynamics did not disclose...

Small asteroid to make close flyby of Earth Thursday
Posted: Thu, Mar 18 11:09 AM ET (1609 GMT)
A newly-discovered small asteroid will pass very close to the Earth late Thursday but does not pose any risk of impact. Asteroid 2004 FH...

Israel to join Galileo project
Posted: Thu, Mar 18 10:57 AM ET (1557 GMT)
Israel has signed an agreement with the European Union to join the Galileo project, the latest country to participate in the satellite navigation venture. The...