Boeing space unit reports 3rd-quarter loss
Posted: Fri, Oct 29 8:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
Boeing's space unit reported another loss in its fiscal third quarter, the company announced Wednesday. The Launch and Orbital Systems unit of Boeing Integrated...

DART launch postponed again
Posted: Thu, Oct 28 1:50 PM ET (1750 GMT)
The launch of a NASA technology demonstration satellite has been postponed until at least the middle of next week because of contamination found in its...

Soyuz 2 inaugural launch delayed
Posted: Thu, Oct 28 1:43 PM ET (1743 GMT)
The first launch of the upgraded Soyuz 2 rocket has been delayed because of a software glitch, Russian media reported Thursday. The Soyuz 2 rocket...

Cassini images mysterious Titan
Posted: Wed, Oct 27 8:31 PM ET (0031 GMT)
Images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it flew past Saturn's largest moon, Titan, late Tuesday have raised as many questions about the...

Lockheed space systems report profit
Posted: Wed, Oct 27 7:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
The space systems division of Lockheed Martin reported a profit in its fiscal third quarter, the company announced Tuesday. The division, which includes launch vehicle...

DART launch delayed
Posted: Tue, Oct 26 8:27 PM ET (0027 GMT)
Weather and technical problems delayed the launch Tuesday of an experimental NASA satellite for at least 48 hours. The Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART)...

Kerry releases space policy paper
Posted: Tue, Oct 26 8:16 PM ET (0016 GMT)
With just a week before the general election, the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has issued its most definitive statement on space policy,...

ISS crew returns to Earth
Posted: Sun, Oct 24 10:55 AM ET (1455 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a returning ISS crew safely landed early Sunday in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-4 spacecraft made a rare nighttime landing on...

Satellite experiment supports general relativity
Posted: Sat, Oct 23 5:49 PM ET (2149 GMT)
Physicists using a pair of existing spacecraft have provided experimental evidence supporting one of the central tenets of general relativity. In a paper published in...

Steering glitch strikes Spirit again
Posted: Sat, Oct 23 5:28 PM ET (2128 GMT)
The Mars rover Spirit has experienced the same steering glitch that immobilized the rover for several days earlier this month, project officials said Thursday. The...