Opportunity to roll off lander Saturday night
Posted: Fri, Jan 30 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Mars Exploration Rover project officials said Thursday they believe the rover Opportunity will be ready to roll off its lander and onto the Martian surface...

Boeing space unit reports losses for quarter, year
Posted: Fri, Jan 30 10:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
The space unit of The Boeing Company reported Thursday a loss for its fiscal fourth quarter as well as for all of 2003. The Launch...

CAIB chair to review Hubble decision
Posted: Thu, Jan 29 6:44 PM ET (2344 GMT)
NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said Thursday that he has asked the chairman of the former Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) to review the agency'...

Soyuz launches Progress spacecraft to ISS
Posted: Thu, Jan 29 1:17 PM ET (1817 GMT)
A Soyuz booster launched a Progress cargo spacecraft Thursday on a mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz lifted off from Baikonur at 6:...

Spirit could resume work next week
Posted: Thu, Jan 29 11:37 AM ET (1637 GMT)
Engineers at JPL said Wednesday they were optimistic that the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, immobilized since a computer problem started a week ago, could resume...

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...