X-43 failure blamed on poor modeling
Posted: Sat, Jul 19 3:34 PM ET (1934 GMT)
A NASA investigation into the loss of a hypersonic research vehicle two years ago concluded that poor modeling of the combination of the vehicle and...

Status of ISS cosmonaut's wedding plans uncertain
Posted: Sat, Jul 19 3:24 PM ET (1924 GMT)
Plans by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko to get married while still on the International Space Station may or may not have been put on hold,...

Boeing hires former senator for ethics review as new lawsuit emerges
Posted: Fri, Jul 18 11:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
Boeing announced Thursday that it has hired a former US Senator to conduct an independent review of the company's ethics policies even as word...

Atlas 5 launches Rainbow 1
Posted: Fri, Jul 18 1:08 AM ET (0508 GMT)
A new variant of the Atlas 5 booster successfully launched a direct broadcasting satellite Thursday evening. The Atlas 5 521 lifted off from Complex 41...

SOHO resumes full operations
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 6:09 PM ET (2209 GMT)
The NASA-ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft has emerged from a period of partial communications blackouts, ESA reported Thursday. Contact with SOHO had...

House subcommittee approves draft NASA budget
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 6:02 PM ET (2202 GMT)
A House appropriations subcommittee approved this week a proposed NASA budget but deferred any discussion of changes in funding for the space shuttle program. The...

WSJ: Boeing in talks with Air Force on investigation settlement
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 11:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
Boeing is in negotiations with the US Air Force on a possible settlement of charges that the company used sensitive Lockheed Martin documents in its...

NASA to overhaul shuttle flight rules
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 10:53 AM ET (1453 GMT)
NASA is planning major changes to its shuttle flight rules to add "rigor" and "discipline" to how the agency manages shuttle flights, Florida Today reported...

Hughes, Boeing reach settlement on satellite sale dispute
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
Hughes Electronics and Boeing reached an agreement late Tuesday on a long-running dispute over Boeing's purchase of Hughes' satellite manufacturing unit three years...

Report: Columbia crew lived one minute after last contact
Posted: Wed, Jul 16 2:47 PM ET (1847 GMT)
Shuttle investigators believe the STS-107 crew lived for about one minute after radio contact with the shuttle Columbia was lost during reentry, the New...