Asteroids selected for Rosetta flybys
Posted: Mon, Mar 15 1:17 PM ET (1817 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced late last week that its Rosetta comet spacecraft will fly by two asteroids en route to its final destination. Project...

Report: large KBO discovered
Posted: Sun, Mar 14 3:15 PM ET (2015 GMT)
NASA is scheduled to announced Monday the discovery of a distant Kuiper Belt object (KBO) nearly as large as the planet Pluto, an Australian newspaper...

Atlas 3 launches Asian communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Mar 13 8:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
An Atlas 3 booster successfully launched a communications satellite early Saturday that will serve mobile phone users in the Far East. The Atlas 3A lifted...

Senate restores funding to NASA budget
Posted: Sat, Mar 13 8:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
The Senate approved an amendment to a 2005 budget bill that would restore $600 million to NASA that was cut last week by a committee....

SpaceShipOne completes glide test
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 10:44 PM ET (0344 GMT)
SpaceShipOne, the X Prize suborbital vehicle being developed by Burt Rutan, made its first test flight in nearly three months on Thursday, an unpowered test...

Spirit approaches crater
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 1:39 PM ET (1839 GMT)
The Mars rover Spirit approached a crater it has been moving towards for several weeks, while project officials said both rovers' lifespans should be much...

Koptev to retire from Russian space agency
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 11:07 AM ET (1607 GMT)
Yuri Koptev, the longtime head of the Russian space agency, will retire and be replaced by the head of the Russian Space Forces, RIA Novosti...

NASA to permit independent review of Hubble decision
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 10:58 AM ET (1558 GMT)
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said Thursday that he would ask the National Academy of Sciences to review the safety of a shuttle servicing mission...

Report: next shuttle launch could be further delayed
Posted: Thu, Mar 11 8:53 PM ET (0153 GMT)
The launch of the first post-Columbia shuttle mission, already delayed until March 2005, could be pushed back up to nine additional months because of...

Congress remains undecided on Bush space plan
Posted: Thu, Mar 11 1:42 PM ET (1842 GMT)
Two key members of Congress said Wednesday that they had yet to decide whether to support the new space initiative announced by President Bush earlier...