Columbia data recorder recovered
Posted: Thu, Mar 20 10:41 AM ET (1541 GMT)
Searchers have found a data recorder from the shuttle Columbia that could provide key data about the shuttle in its final minutes. The orbital experiments...

Gamma-ray burst marks death of giant star
Posted: Thu, Mar 20 10:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
Astronomers who observed a gamma-ray burst (GRB) from its early stages believe that the burst marks the collapse of a giant star into a...

ILS wins Anik launch contract
Posted: Wed, Mar 19 8:19 PM ET (0119 GMT)
International Launch Services (ILS) announced Wednesday that it has won a contract to launch a communications satellite for Telesat Canada. ILS will launch Telesat Canada'...

Russia claims additional US funds required to maintain ISS
Posted: Wed, Mar 19 1:51 PM ET (1851 GMT)
A spokesman for the Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos said Wednesday that without additional money from the United States, Russia will not be able to build...

ESA, EU still deadlocked about Galileo
Posted: Wed, Mar 19 1:43 PM ET (1843 GMT)
The European Commission may begin work on the Galileo satellite navigation system without the cooperation of the European Space Agency if ESA cannot settle a...

Spacecraft glitch to delay Mars Express launch
Posted: Tue, Mar 18 10:36 AM ET (1536 GMT)
A problem with a component on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft will delay its launch from late May until early June, New Scientist reported Tuesday....

Hunt for "critical" shuttle debris continues
Posted: Tue, Mar 18 10:29 AM ET (1529 GMT)
Members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) said Monday that the search for debris that fell from the shuttle in the minutes before its...

Congressman: no KSC layoffs planned
Posted: Mon, Mar 17 10:20 AM ET (1520 GMT)
A Congressman whose district includes NASA's Kennedy Space Center said this weekend there are no plans to lay off any employees of the center...

SETI program to revisit possible signals
Posted: Mon, Mar 17 10:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
Scientists involved with a search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) project plan to conduct a study this week of up to 150 stars from which past...

ISS spacewalk planned for April
Posted: Sun, Mar 16 2:27 PM ET (1927 GMT)
Two American astronauts will carry out a previously-unscheduled spacewalk outside the International Space Station next month, the Houston Chronicle reported Sunday. Astronauts Ken Bowersox...