O'Keefe says fall shuttle launch unlikely
Posted: Fri, Feb 13 11:37 AM ET (1637 GMT)
The return to flight of the space shuttle this fall is unlikely because of slow progress on two key projects, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe...

Intelsat wins FCC approval for Loral deal
Posted: Fri, Feb 13 10:35 AM ET (1535 GMT)
The FCC announced Thursday that it has approval a plan by Intelsat to purchase several satellites from Loral. The FCC signed off on a plan...

Aldridge commission warns on sustainability, budget
Posted: Thu, Feb 12 12:10 PM ET (1710 GMT)
The commission examining the implementation of President Bush's space plan said that sustaining the proposed initiative for two decades or more is the biggest...

Beagle 2 declared lost
Posted: Thu, Feb 12 10:34 AM ET (1534 GMT)
The British government and ESA will begin an investigation into the Beagle 2 lander, which project officials have declared lost after failing to contact Earth...

South Korea to send astronaut to ISS on Soyuz
Posted: Wed, Feb 11 6:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
South Korea will purchase a seat on a future Soyuz ISS mission for its first astronaut, Russian officials said Wednesday. South Korea and Russia have...

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'...