Senate committee approves $15.3 billion NASA budget
Updated: Fri, Sep 5 10:41 AM ET (1441 GMT)
Originally Posted: Thu, Sep 4 8:33 PM ET (0033 GMT)
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $15.3 billion fiscal year 2004 budget for NASA on Thursday, trimming $200 million from the International Space Station...

First SIRTF image released
Posted: Thu, Sep 4 2:03 PM ET (1803 GMT)
NASA released Wednesday the first image from the new Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) spacecraft launched last week. The image of a star field, taken...

Senators criticize NASA, O'Keefe
Posted: Thu, Sep 4 10:48 AM ET (1448 GMT)
Members of a Senate committee that oversees NASA criticized the agency and administrator Sean O'Keefe in the first Congressional hearing since the release of...

Grunsfeld named NASA chief scientist
Posted: Thu, Sep 4 10:35 AM ET (1435 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that it has named veteran astronaut and astrophysicist John Grunsfeld as the agency's chief scientist, replacing fellow astronaut Shannon Lucid. Grunsfeld,...

Asteroid impact risk in 2014 eliminated
Posted: Wed, Sep 3 11:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
Updated orbit calculations based on new observations have eliminated any chance that a newly-discovered asteroid will collide with the Earth in 2014. The asteroid,...

Brazil promises to continue launch vehicle program
Posted: Tue, Sep 2 2:04 PM ET (1804 GMT)
Brazilian government officials vowed last week to continue development of a small launch vehicle even after an accident last month claimed the lives of 21...

Asteroid poses little impact risk to Earth
Posted: Tue, Sep 2 10:14 AM ET (1414 GMT)
A newly-discovered asteroid has a small but non-zero chance of colliding with the Earth in 2014, although astronomers believe that the risk will...

Poll shows public willingness to fund shuttle successor
Posted: Sun, Aug 31 9:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
A majority of the American public is willing to spend money to build a successor to the space shuttle even as they express concern about...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Aug 31 8:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station late Saturday. The Progress M-48 spacecraft, called Progress 12 by NASA, docked...

Pentagon grants Boeing waiver for Delta 2 launch
Posted: Sat, Aug 30 10:24 AM ET (1424 GMT)
The Defense Department announced Friday that it was extending its contract with Boeing for Delta 2 launches even though there is a contracting ban on...