Shuttle deploys satellite, ready for landing
Posted: Mon, Dec 17 8:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour deployed a small satellite Sunday while wrapping up its mission in preparation for landing on Monday. On Sunday morning the shuttle...

Deep Space One mission to end this week
Posted: Sun, Dec 16 12:52 PM ET (1752 GMT)
NASA's Deep Space One (DS1) mission is scheduled to end on Tuesday, more than three years after launch and three months after a successful...

Shuttle undocks from station
Posted: Sun, Dec 16 12:43 PM ET (1743 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station Saturday as it prepared to return to Earth. The shuttle undocked at 12:28 pm...

News briefs: December 14
Posted: Sat, Dec 15 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Another communications satellite has suffered a serious problem in orbit, Space News reported Friday. Arabsat 3A abruptly lost all power from one of two solar...

Shuttle prepares to undock from station
Posted: Sat, Dec 15 10:35 AM ET (1535 GMT)
The crews of the space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station completed preparations Friday for the shuttle's departure on Saturday. Astronauts finished packing...

FUSE spacecraft in safe mode
Posted: Fri, Dec 14 8:05 PM ET (0105 GMT)
NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spacecraft entered safe mode earlier this week because of a reaction wheel problem, project officials said Friday. On...

Shuttle glitch could shorten mission
Posted: Fri, Dec 14 10:17 AM ET (1517 GMT)
A failure of a navigation unit on board the shuttle Endeavour has brought the mission close to an early end, NASA officials said Thursday. One...

X-38 completes eighth test flight
Posted: Fri, Dec 14 10:07 AM ET (1507 GMT)
NASA’s X-38 experimental vehicle completed its eighth, and most ambitious, test flight on Thursday. The vehicle was released from a B-52 at...

News briefs: December 13
Posted: Fri, Dec 14 8:07 AM ET (1307 GMT)
A new entrant has emerged in the competition for the first television show to send a contestant into space, according to an Entertainment Weekly article....

Mars Odyssey finds evidence of water
Posted: Thu, Dec 13 10:07 AM ET (1507 GMT)
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has detected evidence of water ice deposits on the surface of Mars, scientists said Wednesday. Early data from the spacecraft'...