Proton failure blamed on particle contamination
Posted: Mon, Jan 20 9:57 PM ET (0257 GMT)
A commission reviewing the failure of a Proton launch last November has concluded that some kind of particle contamination led to the failure of the...

Wildfires destroy Australian observatory
Posted: Mon, Jan 20 12:39 PM ET (1739 GMT)
Raging brushfires swept through a major Australian observatory over the weekend, destroying telescopes and instruments. The fire, part of a series of brushfires around the...

Shuttle mission continues smoothly
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 6:01 PM ET (2301 GMT)
A variety of experiments on board the shuttle Columbia have kept the crew of mission STS-107 busy, but astronauts report no problems three days...

Report: NASA budget includes nuclear propulsion funding
Posted: Sat, Jan 18 11:16 AM ET (1616 GMT)
NASA's 2004 budget proposal will contain "significant money" for a nuclear propulsion system whose existence was first revealed on Friday, SPACE.com reported. SPACE....

Lockheed Martin to remain in commercial satellite business
Posted: Fri, Jan 17 8:24 PM ET (0124 GMT)
Lockheed Martin announced Friday that it plans to continue an "aggressive realignment initiative" in its commercial satellite unit rather than sell it or shut it...

China sets October for first human spaceflight
Posted: Fri, Jan 17 1:50 PM ET (1850 GMT)
Chinese officials have tentatively scheduled the first manned flight of its Shenzhou spacecraft for October of 2003, according to Chinese and Western reports published Friday....

NASA planning nuclear propulsion system for manned Mars missions
Posted: Fri, Jan 17 1:36 PM ET (1836 GMT)
NASA is planning to develop a nuclear propulsion system that could be used to carry out manned missions to Mars in one-third the time...

US military agrees to buy commercial satellite images
Posted: Thu, Jan 16 11:47 PM ET (0447 GMT)
The Defense Department announced Thursday that it has awarded long-term contracts to two companies to provide high-resolution satellite images, the largest such purchase...

Columbia lifts off
Posted: Thu, Jan 16 11:51 AM ET (1651 GMT)
The space shuttle Columbia launched on schedule Thursday morning to begin a 16-day dedicated science mission. Columbia lifted off from pad 39A at the...

Rosetta faces long delay
Posted: Thu, Jan 16 10:36 AM ET (1536 GMT)
ESA's Rosetta comet mission could be delayed by a year or more as scientists and project officials work out an alternative mission plan. Rosetta...