Mars Odyssey instrument repaired
Posted: Thu, Mar 14 7:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
An instrument on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft that malfunctioned last year is working again, NASA reported Wednesday. The Martian Radiation Environment Experiment (MARIE) started...

News briefs: March 13
Posted: Thu, Mar 14 7:42 AM ET (1242 GMT)
Scientists have published new evidence which they believe shows that liquid carbon dioxide, and not water, carved many of the features seen in Mars. Their...

White House drops nominee for NASA #2 position
Posted: Wed, Mar 13 8:20 PM ET (0120 GMT)
The White House has withdrawn the nomination of a Marine general to be the deputy administrator of NASA, the day a Senate confirmation hearing was...

TRW turns down Northrop again
Posted: Wed, Mar 13 7:58 PM ET (0058 GMT)
TRW recommended to its shareholders Wednesday that they not accept a buyout offer from Northrop Grumman. Northrop started a hostile takeover attempt 10 days ago...

Atlantis rolled out for STS-110 flight
Posted: Wed, Mar 13 8:36 AM ET (1336 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis was rolled out to the launch pad Tuesday for its next flight to the International Space Station. Atlantis was rolled out...

News briefs: March 12
Posted: Wed, Mar 13 7:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
A French government minister criticized NASA's plans to support only a "core complete" version of the International Space Station. Roger-Gerard Schwartzenberg, French research...

Business briefs: March 12
Posted: Wed, Mar 13 7:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
RSC Energia has settled a disagreement with Khrunichev that threatened to delay the March 30 launch of a Proton. Energia said in a statement Tuesday...

Columbia lands at KSC
Posted: Tue, Mar 12 7:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
The space shuttle Columbia safely landed at the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning. Columbia touched down at 4:32 am EST (0932 GMT) Tuesday, completing...

News briefs: March 11
Posted: Tue, Mar 12 7:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
US Airways and Space Adventures announced an agreement Monday that will allow the airline's frequent flyers to exchange their miles for space tourism activities....

Business briefs: March 11
Posted: Tue, Mar 12 7:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
Alcatel announced Monday that it has won a contract from SES Americom to build a new communications satellite. The AMC-23 satellite will be based...