Congress approves indemnity bill, scuttles suborbital legislation
Posted: Thu, Nov 18 8:11 AM ET (1311 GMT)
Congress has approved a bill that would extend indemnification for commercial launch operators for five years, but a House committee has killed a proposed compromise...

Report: Congress settles on $15.9 billion NASA budget
Posted: Wed, Nov 17 9:01 PM ET (0201 GMT)
NASA will get $15.9 billion in fiscal year 2005, $300 million less than originally requested, according to a deal reportedly reached by House and...

Swift launch delayed
Posted: Wed, Nov 17 8:54 PM ET (0154 GMT)
NASA delayed the launch of an astronomy satellite Wednesday because of a problem with the spacecraft's launch vehicle. The Swift spacecraft was scheduled to...

Final X-43 flight a success
Posted: Wed, Nov 17 7:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
The last test flight of the X-43A, an unmanned vehicle designed to test hypersonic technologies, was declared a success by NASA late Tuesday. The...

SMART-1 enters lunar orbit
Posted: Tue, Nov 16 8:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
SMART-1, Europe's first lunar spacecraft, has entered orbit around the Moon, ESA announced early Tuesday The spacecraft passed within 5,000 km of...

X-43 test flight delayed
Posted: Tue, Nov 16 7:54 AM ET (1254 GMT)
The third and final test flight of the X-43A unmanned hypersonic aircraft was delayed Monday because of a technical glitch. The X-43A was...

India, France to develop earth sciences satellite
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 9:24 AM ET (1424 GMT)
The space agencies of France and India agreed Friday to jointly develop an earth observing satellite, after several years of studying such a mission. Representatives...

Mars rover replots crater exit route
Posted: Fri, Nov 12 8:51 AM ET (1351 GMT)
The Mars rover Opportunity will take a path out of a large crater that will be much like the route it followed into the crater...

Cassini sees evidence of Titan volcanism
Posted: Thu, Nov 11 9:01 AM ET (1401 GMT)
Radar images by NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed features scientists believe are created by a kind of volcanic activity that involves molten ice. The...

Solar sail launch date set
Posted: Wed, Nov 10 8:13 PM ET (0113 GMT)
A privately-developed solar sail is now scheduled for launch in March of next year, The Planetary Society announced Tuesday. The Cosmos 1 solar sail...