ESA approves deployment of Mars Express radar boom
Posted: Tue, Feb 8 7:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced Tuesday that it has given its approval for the long-delayed deployment of a radar boom on its Mars Express...

ILS gets NRO launch contract
Posted: Tue, Feb 8 7:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
International Launch Services (ILS) said Monday that it had won a contract to launch a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite on an Atlas 5 booster....

Bush proposes $16.5 billion for NASA in 2006
Updated: Mon, Feb 7 1:44 PM ET (1844 GMT)
Originally Posted: Mon, Feb 7 1:43 PM ET (1843 GMT)
The Bush Administration released their fiscal year 2006 budget proposal on Monday, requesting nearly $16.5 billion for NASA while providing no funding for a...

Hot spot seen on Saturn
Posted: Sat, Feb 5 9:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
Infrared images of Saturn taken by a terrestrial telescope have turned up an unexpected, mysterious hot spot at the planet's south pole. The images,...

Cosmonaut criticizes "safe haven" plan
Posted: Sat, Feb 5 9:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
A Russian cosmonaut who will be a member of the next long-duration International Space Station crew said Thursday he isn't sure that the...

Report says Beagle 2 should have been canceled
Posted: Fri, Feb 4 8:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
Beagle 2, a British-built spacecraft that was lost trying to land on Mars in late 2003, was the product of a program so poorly...

Boeing space unit reports improvement
Posted: Fri, Feb 4 8:29 AM ET (1329 GMT)
The Boeing Company's launch vehicle and satellite unit recorded a loss for the 4th quarter of 2004 as well as a full year, but...

DARPA cancels RASCAL program
Posted: Thu, Feb 3 1:49 PM ET (1849 GMT)
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has canceled an effort to develop a low-cost small launch vehicle that utilized a high-speed aircraft,...

Proton launches communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Feb 3 8:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)
A Proton M rocket successfully launched a commercial communications satellite early Thursday. The Proton M lifted off from Baikonur at 9:27 pm EST Wednesday (...

Final Atlas 3 launches
Posted: Thu, Feb 3 8:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
An Atlas 3 lifted off early Thursday and placed a military satellite into orbit on the final mission for that vehicle family. The Atlas 3B...