Astronomers plot galactic habitable zone
Posted: Fri, Jan 2 6:06 PM ET (2306 GMT)
Astronomers have determined that up to one-tenth of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy lie in a habitable zone that would permit that...

Boeing gets ISS contract extension
Posted: Thu, Jan 1 2:37 PM ET (1937 GMT)
NASA awarded Boeing on Wednesday an extension to an existing contract to cover assembly and support for the International Space Station. The extension to the...

Stardust gears up for comet flyby
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 7:33 PM ET (0033 GMT)
NASA's Stardust spacecraft is ready to fly past a comet on Friday, project officials confirmed this week. Stardust will pass about 300 km from...

Mars Express adjusts orbit around planet
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 11:04 AM ET (1604 GMT)
ESA's Mars Express spacecraft maneuvered into a polar orbit around the Red Planet on Tuesday, bringing the spacecraft closer to beginning scientific work as...

Spirit tweaks course for Mars
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 10:53 AM ET (1553 GMT)
Spirit, one of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, adjusted its course late last week to put the spacecraft on final approach for a landing...

Lockheed wins satellite order
Posted: Tue, Dec 30 6:53 PM ET (2353 GMT)
Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that it has won a contract for a commercial communications satellite from an unspecified customer. The company said it has signed...

China launches space science satellite
Posted: Tue, Dec 30 10:32 AM ET (1532 GMT)
A Long March booster launched a Sino-European space science satellite early Monday on what should be the final launch of 2003. The Long March...

Proton launches Russian communications satellite
Posted: Mon, Dec 29 11:13 AM ET (1613 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched a Russian communications satellite early Monday. The Proton K lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6 pm EST...

Beagle 2 could have landed in crater
Posted: Mon, Dec 29 11:04 AM ET (1604 GMT)
Beagle 2 project officials raised the possibility Monday that the spacecraft may have landed in a crater that has blocked previous attempts to communicate with...

Soyuz launches Israeli satellite
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 11:12 AM ET (1612 GMT)
A Russian Soyuz rocket launched an Israeli communications satellite on Saturday. The Soyuz-Fregat lifted off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 4:30 pm EST Sunday (...