NASA delays MESSENGER launch
Posted: Wed, Mar 24 4:50 PM ET (2150 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that it has delayed the launch of the MESSENGER Mercury mission two and a half months to give the project more time...

Opportunity reveals evidence for standing water on Mars
Posted: Tue, Mar 23 8:15 PM ET (0115 GMT)
Data from NASA's Mars rover Opportunity have led scientists to conclude that the Meridiani Planum region of Mars once was on the shore of...

DigitalGlobe announces new satellite plans
Posted: Tue, Mar 23 7:45 PM ET (0045 GMT)
Commercial remote sensing company DigitalGlobe announced Tuesday that it will launch a new imaging satellite by the end of 2006 that will provide the sharpest...

NASA finds problems with shuttle rudder gears
Posted: Tue, Mar 23 10:45 AM ET (1545 GMT)
NASA engineers have discovered that gears within actuators that control the rudder speed brakes on space shuttle Discovery suffered a number of problems, including one...

Opportunity climbs out of crater
Posted: Tue, Mar 23 10:30 AM ET (1530 GMT)
After one failed attempt, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on Monday climbed out of the crater it had landed it nearly two months ago....

Paul Allen invests in SETI telescope project
Posted: Mon, Mar 22 7:57 PM ET (0057 GMT)
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has donated an additional $13.5 million to an effort to build an array of radio telescopes to look for...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Sat, Mar 20 4:31 PM ET (2131 GMT)
A Boeing Delta 2 successfully launched a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite Saturday afternoon. The Boeing Delta 2 7925 lifted off from Pad 17B at...

Mars "blueberries" contain hematite
Posted: Sat, Mar 20 10:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
Small, spherical rocks dubbed "blueberries", found at the Opportunity Mars rover landing site, are rich in hematite, a mineral formed in the presence of water,...

Mars Express maps water ice at south pole
Posted: Sat, Mar 20 9:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
ESA's Mars Express spacecraft has detected large quantities of water ice in the south polar regions of Mars, concluding that there may be far...

NASA cancels technology development programs
Posted: Fri, Mar 19 8:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
NASA has started canceling technology development programs that don't fit the needs of the new space initiative, including a hypersonic flight program and a...