Orbital reports profit, wins satellite contract
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:26 PM ET (0026 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation reported a profit in its fiscal third quarter on Friday, and won a commercial communications satellite contract one day later. Orbital reported...

Astronomers use new technique to discover small exoplanet
Posted: Fri, Oct 25 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week that they have used a new technique to find the smallest extrasolar planet discovered to date. The astronomers, from the University...

NASA planning crew transfer vehicle for ISS
Posted: Thu, Oct 24 9:38 PM ET (0138 GMT)
NASA is actively considering developing a crew transfer vehicle (CTV) that would be launched on an expendable vehicle to carry astronauts to and from the...

ISS radiation shielding not as good as hoped
Posted: Thu, Oct 24 9:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
Upgraded radiation shielding on the International Space Station is not working as well as expected, New Scientist reported Wednesday. According to the report, radiation levels...

Ariane 5 launch pushed back
Posted: Wed, Oct 23 7:52 PM ET (2352 GMT)
The first launch of an upgraded version of the Ariane 5 booster has been delayed from early to late November, Arianespace announced this week. The...

NASA delays SLI review
Posted: Tue, Oct 22 8:10 PM ET (0010 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that it has delayed a key milestone in the Space Launch Initiative as the agency works to revamp the program. NASA had...

Molniya launch delayed, Soyuz launch rescheduled for October 29
Posted: Tue, Oct 22 2:39 PM ET (1839 GMT)
Russian officials said that the launch of a Molniya-M booster, scheduled for Tuesday, has been delayed an unspecified amount of time while the investigation...

Report recommends shuttle privatization
Posted: Mon, Oct 21 8:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
A report commissioned by NASA suggests that the agency further privatize shuttle operations, including possibly transferring ownership of the orbiters to a private corporation or...

Students to participate in Mars rover missions
Posted: Sun, Oct 20 6:56 PM ET (2256 GMT)
The Planetary Society announced last week that students will have an opportunity to join scientists involved with the twin Mars Exploration Rovers scheduled for launch...

Final NASA budget delayed until November
Posted: Sun, Oct 20 6:33 PM ET (2233 GMT)
Congress will wait until after the November general election to complete work on NASA's 2003 budget. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate...