Three launch companies mull alliance
Posted: Sun, Jun 15 2:07 PM ET (1807 GMT)
Three companies that market commercial launch vehicles are considering creating an informal alliance that would provide mutual backup services, Space News reported late Friday. The...

Cable tag floats away from ISS
Posted: Sun, Jun 15 1:58 PM ET (1758 GMT)
A small object seen floating away from the International Space Station last week is most likely a tag from an external cable, NASA officials believe....

Report: bolt maker warned Congress about flaws
Posted: Sat, Jun 14 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
A Florida television station reported Friday that the company that used to make bolts to attach the shuttle's solid rocket boosters to its external...

Lawmakers to get access to private Columbia testimony
Posted: Sat, Jun 14 10:37 AM ET (1437 GMT)
Members of Congress, but not the general public, will be allowed to review private testimony the Columbia Accident Investigation Board received, according to an agreement...

KSC director Bridges reassigned to Langley
Posted: Fri, Jun 13 8:24 PM ET (0024 GMT)
Kennedy Space Center director Roy Bridges will move to Virginia to become director of NASA's Langley Research Center, the space agency announced Friday. Bridges,...

Boltcatcher problem could delay shuttle return-to-flight plans
Posted: Fri, Jun 13 10:22 AM ET (1422 GMT)
A problem with a device designed to protect the shuttle from debris from an external tank bolt could pose another hurdle in NASA's plans...

Ariane 5 launches two communications satellites
Posted: Thu, Jun 12 8:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched two communications satellites for Australia and Japan Wednesday evening. The Ariane 5G lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana at 6:...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Jun 11 6:12 PM ET (2212 GMT)
A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station early Wednesday. The Progress M1-10 spacecraft (also called Progress 11 by NASA) docked...

NASA planning December shuttle launch with new rules
Posted: Wed, Jun 11 3:59 PM ET (1959 GMT)
NASA is tentatively planning to return the shuttle to flight in mid-December under a new set of strict flight rules, agency officials said this...

Colorado mountain peak named after Columbia
Posted: Wed, Jun 11 11:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
The US Department of the Interior has renamed a mountain peak in Colorado in memory of the space shuttle Columbia and its crew. Columbia Point...