Weather delays MESSENGER launch
Posted: Mon, Aug 2 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
The launch of NASA's MESSENGER mission to Mercury was delayed by 24 hours early Monday because of weather. The spacecraft was scheduled to lift...

NASA selects astronomy mission proposals for study
Posted: Sun, Aug 1 9:01 PM ET (0101 GMT)
NASA announced last week that it has selected nine proposals for future astronomy missions, including one that would reuse instruments originally intended for the Hubble...

MESSENGER ready for launch
Posted: Sat, Jul 31 2:17 PM ET (1817 GMT)
NASA's first mission to Mercury in three decades is on schedule to launch early Monday, agency officials said Friday. The Mercury Surface, Space, Environment,...

Progress undocks from ISS
Posted: Fri, Jul 30 8:36 PM ET (0036 GMT)
A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station Friday morning. The spacecraft, called Progress-M49 by Russian but dubbed Progress 14P by...

EADS reports loss in space division
Posted: Fri, Jul 30 2:16 PM ET (1816 GMT)
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) reported a loss in its space division in the first half of 2003, but company officials believed...

ISS crew preps for spacewalk
Posted: Thu, Jul 29 1:56 PM ET (1756 GMT)
The two crewmembers on the International Space Station said Wednesday they're ready to perform a spacewalk next week that will help get the station...

Boeing space unit records loss
Posted: Wed, Jul 28 7:49 PM ET (2349 GMT)
The division of The Boeing Company that handles launch vehicles and satellites reported a loss in its fiscal second quarter, although company officials remained optimistic...

Scaled announces X Prize flight plans
Posted: Tue, Jul 27 8:07 PM ET (0007 GMT)
SpaceShipOne, the suborbital RLV developed by Scaled Composites, will make the first of its two qualifying Ansari X Prize flights on September 29, prize organizers...

Lockheed reports second quarter profit
Posted: Tue, Jul 27 2:11 PM ET (1811 GMT)
Lockheed Martin's space division reported Tuesday a profit in its fiscal second quarter because of improved performance in its satellite and launch vehicle programs....

China launches space science satellite
Posted: Mon, Jul 26 1:32 PM ET (1732 GMT)
A Chinese Long March booster successfully launched the second in a pair of space science satellites as part of a joint program with Europe. The...