NASA now discounts foam as cause of accident
Posted: Thu, Feb 6 8:41 AM ET (1341 GMT)
NASA investigators said Wednesday they now no longer believe that a chunk of foam insulation could have damaged tiles on the shuttle Columbia to the...

Delta 4 launch delayed
Posted: Thu, Feb 6 6:11 AM ET (1111 GMT)
The launch of a Delta 4 carrying a military payload has been delayed to accommodate delays related to the shuttle Columbia tragedy. The Delta 4,...

Russia suspends space tourism plans
Posted: Thu, Feb 6 6:01 AM ET (1101 GMT)
Rosaviakosmos officials said this week that they have suspended plans to allow space tourists to fly on Soyuz spacecraft in the wake of the Columbia...

Hunt for debris shifts west
Posted: Wed, Feb 5 8:23 AM ET (1323 GMT)
NASA said late Tuesday that is checking out reports of possible shuttle debris as far west as California and Arizona in the hopes of determining...

Astrium wins satellite order
Posted: Wed, Feb 5 6:04 AM ET (1104 GMT)
European satellite manufacturer Astrium has won a contract to build a replacement communications satellite for Telesat Canada. Astrium won the contract to build Anik F1R...

Bush, O'Keefe remember crew at memorial
Posted: Wed, Feb 5 5:52 AM ET (1052 GMT)
President George Bush and NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe honored the crew of the space shuttle Columbia at a memorial service in Houston Tuesday. Bush,...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Tue, Feb 4 1:55 PM ET (1855 GMT)
An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft carrying critical supplies docked with the International Space Station Tuesday morning. The Progress M-47 spacecraft, also known as Progress...

Tank, tiles focus of Columbia investigation
Posted: Tue, Feb 4 8:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
NASA investigators said Monday they are working on the assumption that the shuttle's external tank is the root source of the problems that caused...

Bush proposes $15.5 billion budget for NASA in 2004
Posted: Tue, Feb 4 7:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
President Bush released his proposed fiscal year 2004 budget on Monday, including nearly $15.5 billion for NASA in a budget as yet untouched by...

Shuttle disaster affects aerospace stocks
Posted: Mon, Feb 3 9:16 PM ET (0216 GMT)
The possible short- and long-term effects of the loss of the space shuttle Columbia hurt the stocks of several aerospace companies involved with the...