NASA defends decision to cancel HST servicing mission
Posted: Tue, Feb 10 6:51 AM ET (1151 GMT)
NASA officials on Monday defended the agency's decision last month to cancel the final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope despite a large...

Shuttle return-to-flight costs exceed $400 million
Posted: Mon, Feb 9 8:40 PM ET (0140 GMT)
The total cost of returning the space shuttle fleet to service after the Columbia accident last year will top $400 million, over $100 million more...

Spirit drills hole in Mars rock
Posted: Mon, Feb 9 11:32 AM ET (1632 GMT)
The NASA Mars rover Spirit drilled the first "planned" hole in a Martian rock over the weekend as it and its twin rover continued their...

Unknown object floats away from ISS
Posted: Sun, Feb 8 1:25 PM ET (1825 GMT)
An unidentified object floated away from the International Space Station last week but should not pose a risk to the station, according to a report...

Reports conclude Hubble mission not unsafe
Posted: Sat, Feb 7 11:09 AM ET (1609 GMT)
NASA's decision to cancel a shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope cannot be justified on safety grounds alone, according an anonymous engineer'...

EU selects finalists to operate Galileo system
Posted: Sat, Feb 7 10:58 AM ET (1558 GMT)
The European Union has selected three consortia as finalists to manage the deployment and operation of the Galileo satellite navigation system. The EU announced Friday...

NASA confirms ISS crew switch
Posted: Fri, Feb 6 9:15 PM ET (0215 GMT)
NASA confirmed Friday that it was switching the order of the next two crews to stay on the International Space Station, confirming Russian reports from...

Opportunity moves towards rock outcropping
Posted: Fri, Feb 6 1:54 PM ET (1854 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity moved towards an outcropping of rocks that may contain the mineral hematite on Thursday, while controllers made plans to send...

Atlas launches communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Feb 6 9:45 AM ET (1445 GMT)
An Atlas 2 booster successfully launched a communications satellite Thursday night. The Atlas 2AS lifted off from pad 36A at Cape Canaveral at 6:46...

ESA reaches agreement on Ariane, Soyuz funding
Posted: Fri, Feb 6 9:22 AM ET (1422 GMT)
The member nations of the European Space Agency have agreed to release funds to support the Ariane 5 as well as construct a launch pad...