Arianespace earns profit in 2003
Posted: Tue, Jan 6 2:56 PM ET (1956 GMT)
European launch services company Arianespace earned a profit in 2003 after major losses in recent years, the company's CEO said Tuesday. Jean-Yves Le...

First color images from Spirit expected Tuesday
Posted: Tue, Jan 6 11:51 AM ET (1651 GMT)
The first color images from NASA's Mars rover Spirit should be transmitted Tuesday as controllers prepare the spacecraft to move off the lander early...

Slow air leak detected on ISS
Posted: Mon, Jan 5 8:10 PM ET (0110 GMT)
Flight controllers have noticed a small, unexplained loss of air pressure on the International Space Station, but noted that it does not pose a risk...

Mars Express lowers orbit
Posted: Sun, Jan 4 2:15 PM ET (1915 GMT)
ESA's Mars Express spacecraft fired its engine Sunday to bring its orbit closer to Mars, enabling it to soon begin a search for the...

Spirit returns first images of landing site
Posted: Sun, Jan 4 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
The Mars rover Spirit has sent back its first images of its landing site, revealing relatively flat terrain with few obstacles for the rover. The...

Spirit lands on Mars
Posted: Sun, Jan 4 1:22 AM ET (0622 GMT)
NASA's Spirit Mars rover has successfully landed on Mars, project officials report. The spacecraft landed on Mars at 11:35 pm EST Saturday (0435...

Stardust completes comet flyby
Posted: Fri, Jan 2 8:23 PM ET (0123 GMT)
NASA's Stardust spacecraft successfully flew past the nucleus of comet Wild-2 on Friday, collecting images, other data, and samples of comet dust to...

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...