Columbia investigation could cost $500 million
Posted: Sun, Mar 16 2:03 PM ET (1903 GMT)
The cost of the investigation into the loss of the space shuttle Columbia could reach a half-billion dollars, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday....

Iraq disagreements could affect space cooperation
Posted: Sun, Mar 16 1:51 PM ET (1851 GMT)
Differences in opinion between the US and Russia regarding Iraq could have a negative impact on space cooperation between the two nations, including the International...

NASA: request to image Columbia came from military
Posted: Sat, Mar 15 8:19 PM ET (0119 GMT)
A NASA official said Friday that a request to photograph the shuttle Columbia while in orbit came to him from the Defense Department, and not...

NASA planning shuttle return to flight as early as fall
Posted: Sat, Mar 15 8:06 PM ET (0106 GMT)
NASA officials are making preparations to return the space shuttle to flight as early as this fall, although NASA officials and outside experts agreed that...

DARPA picks Space Launch Corporation for RASCAL contract
Posted: Fri, Mar 14 9:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced late Thursday that it has selected Space Launch Corporation as the sole winner of Phase 2 of...

Shuttle engineers may have made satellite imaging request
Posted: Fri, Mar 14 8:36 AM ET (1336 GMT)
Several publications reported Thursday and Friday that NASA engineers and even one senior official requested spy satellite images of the shuttle Columbia while it was...

Mars Odyssey highlights radiation risk
Posted: Fri, Mar 14 8:18 AM ET (1318 GMT)
Data collected by an experiment on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows that astronauts on any future mission to the Red Planet would be exposed...

Astronomers observe "evaporating" exoplanet
Posted: Thu, Mar 13 11:04 AM ET (1604 GMT)
European and American astronomers reported Wednesday that an extrasolar planet is losing its atmosphere to the intense heat of its nearby star. In a paper...

Investigators consider wind shear, weakened wing in Columbia probe
Posted: Thu, Mar 13 9:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
Members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) said this week that they are considering a number of factors that could have led to the...

Delta 4 launches military communications satellite
Posted: Tue, Mar 11 10:22 AM ET (1522 GMT)
A Boeing Delta 4 successfully launched a communications satellite for the US military Monday night. The Delta 4 Medium lifted off from pad 37B at...