Report: new space tourist contract signed
Posted: Sat, Jul 5 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
Space tourism company Space Adventures has signed a preliminary contract with an unidentified person for a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station, Russian officials...

ICESat suffers instrument problem
Posted: Sat, Jul 5 9:18 AM ET (1318 GMT)
An instrument problem has disrupted operations on NASA's ICESat earth sciences spacecraft, the BBC reported Friday. One of the lasers in the spacecraft's...

Rutan files launch license application for SpaceShipOne
Posted: Fri, Jul 4 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
Scaled Composites has filed a reusable launch vehicle launch license application with the FAA for its SpaceShipOne suborbital spacecraft, Aerospace Daily reported Thursday. Scaled, run...

Partial solution found for SOHO antenna problem
Posted: Fri, Jul 4 9:37 AM ET (1337 GMT)
Engineers have found a partial fix to the high-gain antenna problem with the NASA-ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft by using larger...

Rover launch delayed to Sunday
Posted: Thu, Jul 3 2:38 PM ET (1838 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday it had delayed the launch of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity an additional day, to Sunday, to perform additional tests on the...

Jupiter-like exoplanet discovered
Posted: Thu, Jul 3 2:31 PM ET (1831 GMT)
Astronomers announced Thursday that they have discovered an extrasolar planet that more closely resembles Jupiter than any other exoplanet found to date. The planet, orbiting...

NASA shakes up shuttle management
Posted: Thu, Jul 3 11:41 AM ET (1541 GMT)
NASA made several changes to the top management of the space shuttle program on Wednesday, removing three key managers involved in key decisions during Columbia'...

Gravitational waves may set speed limit for spinning pulsars
Posted: Thu, Jul 3 11:29 AM ET (1529 GMT)
Astronomers reported Wednesday that gravitational waves may prevent pulsars from spinning too fast and destroying themselves. The researchers, in an article published in Thursday's...

Mars Express power glitch could affect mission
Posted: Wed, Jul 2 2:05 PM ET (1805 GMT)
A problem with a power subsystem on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft will reduce the total amount of power available and may affect some aspects...

Fiat sells aerospace unit
Posted: Wed, Jul 2 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
The Fiat Group announced late Tuesday that it is selling its aerospace unit, FiatAvio, to Italian defense conglomerate Finmeccanica and American equity firm The Carlyle...