Pluto's atmosphere expanding
Posted: Thu, Jul 10 10:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
Pluto's tenuous atmosphere is expanding and warming even as the planet moves away from the Sun, scientists reported this week. In a paper published...

Former NASA administrator Goldin named university president
Posted: Wed, Jul 9 2:53 PM ET (1853 GMT)
Boston University has selected former NASA administrator Dan Goldin to be its next president, the university announced late Tuesday. The university's trustees picked Goldin...

Shuttle suffered wing breaches in 2000, earlier
Updated: Wed, Jul 9 2:40 PM ET (1840 GMT)
Originally Posted: Tue, Jul 8 8:47 PM ET (0047 GMT)
Hot gases leaked into the space shuttle on several flights prior to STS-107, including as recently as 2000, newly-released NASA documents reveal. According...

Opportunity finally launched
Posted: Tue, Jul 8 10:22 AM ET (1422 GMT)
A Delta 2 booster successfully launched the NASA Mars rover Opportunity Monday night after several delays and a last-second glitch. The Delta 2 Heavy...

Dramatic test offers "smoking gun" in Columbia investigation
Posted: Tue, Jul 8 8:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)
A dramatic test Monday where a chunk of foam hit a model of the leading edge of a shuttle wing and left a gaping hole...

Battery problem delays rover launch again
Posted: Sun, Jul 6 9:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
A faulty battery will delay the launch the NASA Mars rover Opportunity on additional day, to Monday, NASA announced late Saturday. The Delta 2 carrying...

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...