ESA planning mission to look for Martian life
Posted: Wed, Mar 26 10:33 PM ET (0333 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced this week that it has started planning a Mars spacecraft for late this decade that would look for evidence of...

NASA planning to fly shuttle up to 20 more years
Posted: Wed, Mar 26 7:57 AM ET (1257 GMT)
NASA officials said this week planning is underway to keep the space shuttle flying, in one fashion or another, for up to 20 more years....

Shuttle data recorder in good shape
Posted: Tue, Mar 25 8:57 PM ET (0157 GMT)
Investigators examining a shuttle data recorder recovered last week believe the device is in good enough shape to provide information about Columbia during its reentry....

Report: UK planning own science satellite
Posted: Mon, Mar 24 8:27 PM ET (0127 GMT)
Great Britain is planning to build a earth sciences satellite independent of the European Space Agency, the BBC reported Monday. The Earthshine satellite would measure...

ILS announces Proton launch date, new launch order
Posted: Mon, Mar 24 8:07 PM ET (0107 GMT)
International Launch Services said Monday that it has scheduled the next commercial launch of a Proton booster for April 29. ILS said a Proton K,...

NASA Advisory Council expresses skepticism about OSP
Posted: Sun, Mar 23 3:51 PM ET (2051 GMT)
An outside committee that advises NASA said last week that they believe plans to pursue the Orbital Space Plane (OSP) could be a step backwards...

NASA reorganizes shuttle investigation team
Posted: Sat, Mar 22 1:19 PM ET (1819 GMT)
NASA announced Friday afternoon that it had reorganized its internal team investigating the loss of the space shuttle Columbia, disbanding a controversial group that included...

China: no immediate plans for Mars missions
Posted: Sat, Mar 22 1:07 PM ET (1807 GMT)
China's space program has no plans to carry out unmanned missions to Mars before the middle of the next decade, Chinese officials have been...

Boeing wins Malaysian satellite contract
Posted: Fri, Mar 21 8:06 PM ET (0106 GMT)
Malaysian communications satellite operator Binariang Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced Friday that it will purchase a communications satellite from Boeing Satellite Systems. Binariang awarded Boeing...

NASA selects aurora science mission
Posted: Fri, Mar 21 7:50 PM ET (0050 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday that it has selected a mission to study the geomagnetic storms that create aurorae. The Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions...