NASA still planning September shuttle flight
Posted: Thu, Jan 29 11:11 AM ET (1611 GMT)
NASA officials said they believe that they can still return the shuttle to flight in September despite an independent report that claimed the agency had...

X-43A completes captive carry flight, launch scheduled for February
Posted: Wed, Jan 28 8:27 PM ET (0127 GMT)
An X-43A hypersonic research vehicle completed a captive carry flight under the wing of a B-52 Monday, clearing the way for a full-...

Lockheed reports 2003 profit
Posted: Wed, Jan 28 11:15 AM ET (1615 GMT)
Aerospace company Lockheed Martin reported a profit in both the fourth quarter of 2003 and the full year for its space systems division as well...

Opportunity returns new images as Spirit condition improves
Posted: Tue, Jan 27 11:12 AM ET (1612 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity returned new images of its landing site on Monday while engineers made progress reviving its twin, Spirit, on the other...

Beagle 2 remains silent
Posted: Mon, Jan 26 2:58 PM ET (1958 GMT)
The latest efforts to establish contact with the British Mars lander Beagle 2, which has been silent since its Christmas Day landing, have failed, and...

Opportunity transmits first images
Posted: Sun, Jan 25 10:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
The Mars rover Opportunity has taken the first images of its landing site, revealing a relatively flat, featureless plain save for an unusual outcropping of...

Opportunity lands on Mars
Posted: Sun, Jan 25 3:04 AM ET (0804 GMT)
Opportunity, the second of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, successfully landed on the surface of Mars early Sunday. The rover landed at 12:05...

Spirit condition improves as Opportunity nears landing
Posted: Sat, Jan 24 10:39 PM ET (0339 GMT)
Engineers have isolated the problem that has effectively shut down NASA's Mars rover Spirit and believe the problem can be resolved, officials said Saturday....

Boeing, Lockheed win military satcom study contracts
Posted: Sat, Jan 24 9:29 AM ET (1429 GMT)
The US Air Force awarded contracts Thursday worth nearly half a billion dollars each to Boeing and Lockheed Martin to develop designs for a next-...

NASA: reviving Spirit could take weeks
Posted: Fri, Jan 23 5:54 PM ET (2254 GMT)
NASA flight controllers were able to reestablish limited communications with the Mars rover Spirit on Friday, but cautioned that it could take days or even...