Russia launches reentry demonstrator
Posted: Fri, Oct 7 11:59 AM ET (1559 GMT)
A Volna rocket launched a reentry demonstrator vehicle on a successful suborbital flight, Russian officials said Friday. The Volna launched from a submarine in the...

JSAT orders Lockheed Martin satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 7 11:22 AM ET (1522 GMT)
Lockheed Martin announced this week that Japanese satellite operator JSAT has ordered a new satellite from the company. Lockheed will build the JCSAT-11 satellite...

Hale: shuttle foam loss may be caused by worker damage
Posted: Wed, Oct 5 9:33 AM ET (1333 GMT)
NASA shuttle program manager Wayne Hale said Tuesday that workers may have inadvertently damaged foam on the exterior tank, causing a chunk of it to...

JSC director to resign
Posted: Tue, Oct 4 8:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
The head of NASA's Johnson Space Center announced Monday that he plans to step down to take a university position. Jefferson Davis Howell, Jr.,...

Rocket racing venture announced
Posted: Tue, Oct 4 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
The founder of the X Prize and a venture capitalist have announced the formation of a new venture that conduct a series of races using...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Mon, Oct 3 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a replacement crew and a commercial passenger docked with the International Space Station early Monday. The Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft docked...

Moon discovered around "10th planet"
Posted: Sun, Oct 2 2:24 PM ET (1824 GMT)
Astronomers who earlier this year reported the discovery of a distant solar system object larger than Pluto now say that a sizable moon orbits it....

Soyuz launches ISS crew, space tourist
Posted: Sat, Oct 1 9:07 AM ET (1307 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft lifted off early Saturday carrying the next crew for the International Space Station and a commercial passenger. A Soyuz rocket lifted off...

Next shuttle launch being planned for May
Posted: Sat, Oct 1 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
NASA is beginning planning for launching the next space shuttle mission in May 2006, rather than March, as it plans no more than 19 more...

NASA Ames to partner with Google
Posted: Thu, Sep 29 7:04 AM ET (1104 GMT)
Internet search engine giant Google announced Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with NASA's Ames Research Center to build a research campus at...