US government considering EELV downselect
Posted: Thu, Jul 22 11:18 PM ET (0318 GMT)
A proposed new federal policy would require the military to select only one of the two existing major launch vehicle providers to continue supporting by...

Russian millionaire considered for Soyuz flight
Posted: Thu, Jul 22 11:12 PM ET (0312 GMT)
A Russian millionaire may fly on a Soyuz taxi flight to the ISS this fall as a space tourist, although Russian officials have not decided...

X Prize announcement planned next week
Posted: Wed, Jul 21 1:21 PM ET (1721 GMT)
The X Prize Foundation, which administers the $10-million Ansari X Prize, is planning a press conference next week where one or more competing teams...

House subcommittee slashes NASA budget
Posted: Tue, Jul 20 6:52 PM ET (2252 GMT)
A House budget subcommittee cut more than $1 billion from NASA's proposed 2005 budget on Tuesday, with elements of the agency's new exploration...

Orbital reports quarterly profit
Posted: Tue, Jul 20 6:43 PM ET (2243 GMT)
Orbital Science Corporation announced Tuesday increased revenues and profits in its fiscal second quarter. The company reported net income of $11.1 million on $177....

EADS to build imaging satellite for Thailand
Posted: Mon, Jul 19 2:19 PM ET (1819 GMT)
European aerospace company EADS announced Monday that it has signed a contract with Thailand's space agency to build a remote sensing satellite that may...

Shuttle return-to-flight costs climb
Posted: Mon, Jul 19 1:56 PM ET (1756 GMT)
The cost of returning the space shuttle to flight after last year's loss of Columbia continues to climb, NASA officials said Friday, with the...

Ariane 5 launches Anik F2
Posted: Sun, Jul 18 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
After near a week of delays, an Ariane 5 launched a Canadian communications satellite Saturday night. The Ariane 5G lifted off from the Kourou Space...

Spirit finds Martian bedrock
Posted: Sun, Jul 18 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, moving backwards to deal with a faulty wheel, has encountered a bedrock outcrop that may contain some of the...

Ariane launch delayed again
Posted: Sat, Jul 17 11:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
For the third time in less than a week the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket was scrubbed, this time because of fueling problems. The...