ISS sound likely not caused by collision
Posted: Mon, Dec 1 8:02 PM ET (0102 GMT)
The source of an odd noise heard on the International Space Station last week, but project officials said it was unlikely caused by a collision...

Report: new space vision to offer little change
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 12:38 PM ET (1738 GMT)
A proposed new "vision" for the US space program current being developed by the Bush administration will offer little change from current policy, the Orlando...

Japanese spysat launch fails
Posted: Sat, Nov 29 10:40 AM ET (1540 GMT)
A Japanese H-2A rocket carrying two reconnaissance satellites was destroyed shortly after launch Saturday when one of its strap-on boosters failed to separate....

Mystery noise heard on ISS, no damage reported
Posted: Thu, Nov 27 9:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station reported hearing an odd "crunching" noise Wednesday, but neither they nor ground controllers have found any evidence of...

Mars Odyssey instrument fails
Posted: Thu, Nov 27 9:32 AM ET (1432 GMT)
A radiation monitoring instrument on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has failed, apparently because of the effects of a powerful solar storm. The Martian Radiation...

SpaceShipOne flies sixth glide test
Posted: Wed, Nov 26 8:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
SpaceShipOne (SS1), the suborbital reusable spacecraft under development by Scaled Composites, made its sixth glide test late last week, the second such glide test in...

CAIB recommendations to cost $280 million
Posted: Tue, Nov 25 8:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
Implementing the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) will cost NASA an estimated $280 million, the agency revealed Monday. That cost estimate came...

Proton launches two communications satellites
Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2:32 PM ET (1932 GMT)
A Russian Proton rocket launched two domestic communications satellites early Monday. The Proton K booster lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:...

Chinese science satellite returns to Earth
Posted: Mon, Nov 24 10:21 AM ET (1521 GMT)
A Chinese science satellite launched earlier this month landed in southwestern China on Friday, returning data from experiments carried out in orbit. The FSW-18...

JAXA facing December 2 deadline to repair Nozomi
Posted: Sat, Nov 22 10:52 AM ET (1552 GMT)
Japanese engineers have just over a week to repair a damaged electrical system on the Mars-bound Nozomi spacecraft if the spacecraft is to successfully...