Air Force to consider EELV downselect
Posted: Wed, Jun 23 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)
The Air Force, under Congressional pressure, said this week it will study whether it is in its best interests to consolidate its Evolved Expendable Launch...

ISS spacewalk set for Thursday
Posted: Wed, Jun 23 9:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)
A spacewalk to repair a gyro on the International Space Station is now set for late Thursday, after NASA had announced earlier in the week...

SpaceShipOne reaches space
Updated: Mon, Jun 21 4:23 PM ET (2023 GMT)
Originally Posted: Mon, Jun 21 1:26 PM ET (1726 GMT)
The suborbital RLV SpaceShipOne launched early Monday and just barely succeeded in crossing the 100-km boundary of space. SpaceShipOne separated from its White Knight...

Melvill selected to pilot SpaceShipOne
Posted: Sun, Jun 20 9:20 PM ET (0120 GMT)
Scaled Composites announced Sunday that its SpaceShipOne suborbital RLV is ready to make its historic flight into space on Monday, and announced the pilot for...

Weather delays Delta launch
Posted: Sun, Jun 20 11:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Stormy weather led controllers to delay the launch of a Delta 2 carrying a GPS satellite on Saturday night. The Delta 2 was scheduled to...

Mojave Airport receives spaceport license
Posted: Sat, Jun 19 1:37 PM ET (1737 GMT)
Mojave Airport in California, the takeoff and landing site for the SpaceShipOne suborbital RLV, has received a commercial spaceport license from the FAA, the airport...

NASA: some shuttle fixes behind schedule
Posted: Sat, Jun 19 12:59 PM ET (1659 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said Friday that some planned fixes to the shuttle fleet, including a boom to inspect damage to the orbiter and the ability...

Stardust images reveal unusual surface of comet
Posted: Fri, Jun 18 9:50 PM ET (0150 GMT)
Images taken by NASA's Stardust spacecraft have revealed that the surface of the comet Wild-2 is far different than what scientists expected, with...

Alcatel, Finmeccanica to merge space operations
Posted: Fri, Jun 18 4:32 PM ET (2032 GMT)
European companies Alcatel and Finmeccanica have agreed to merge their satellite manufacturing and services units, the first sign of a long-awaited consolidation in the...

Proton launches Intelsat satellite
Posted: Thu, Jun 17 11:44 AM ET (1544 GMT)
A Russian Proton rocket successfully launched a communications satellite for Intelsat early Thursday. The Proton M booster lifted off from Baikonur at 6:27 pm...