US, South Africa spar over space junk
Posted: Mon, Jun 4 11:01 AM ET (1501 GMT)
A South African museum plans to fight to keep three pieces of debris from a Delta rocket from bring returned to the United States. The...

X-43A destroyed after going off course
Posted: Sat, Jun 2 10:18 PM ET (0218 GMT)
A NASA X-43A experimental aircraft was destroyed Saturday afternoon after it and the Pegasus rocket boosting the vehicle went off course seconds after launch....

ISS crew to get mission extension but no external spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Jun 2 12:37 PM ET (1637 GMT)
NASA officials confirmed Friday that the three-person crew on the International Space Station will remain there several weeks longer than previously planned. The Expedition...

ISS robot arm problems delay next shuttle mission
Posted: Wed, May 30 1:58 PM ET (1758 GMT)
Problems with the new robotic arm on the International Space Station will delay the next shuttle mission until at least early July, NASA officials announced...

Soyuz launches Russian military satellite
Posted: Wed, May 30 10:45 AM ET (1445 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a classified Russian military spacecraft Tuesday evening from Plesetsk. The Soyuz lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at...

Panel urges NASA to begin Mars sample quarantine preparations
Posted: Wed, May 30 10:32 AM ET (1432 GMT)
A report published Tuesday recommends that NASA start work now on a containment facility to handle Martian samples returned by missions that are still more...

Canada considering Mars mission
Posted: Tue, May 29 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
The Canadian Space Agency is considering mounting its own robotic mission to Mars late this decade, the online publication SpaceRef reported this weekend. CSA executive...

Galileo successfully completes Callisto flyby
Posted: Fri, May 25 11:07 PM ET (0307 GMT)
The Galileo spacecraft flew by Jupiter's moon Callisto early Friday, its camera apparently working after problems earlier in the week. Galileo passed 138 km...

Tile problems push back next shuttle launch to June 20
Posted: Fri, May 25 11:18 AM ET (1518 GMT)
Continued work to dry a number of wet thermal protection tiles will delay the next shuttle launch until at least June 20, shuttle managers said...

Astronaut dies of injuries from plane crash
Posted: Fri, May 25 11:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
NASA astronaut Patricia Hilliard Robertson died late Thursday, two days after sustaining critical injuries in a small plane crash. Robertson was severely burned when the...