NASA announces first Centennial Challenges prizes
Posted: Thu, Mar 24 7:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
NASA will fund prize competitions in 2005 and 2006 to develop new tether and power transmission technologies in conjunction with a private foundation, the space...

SES awards satellite, launch contracts
Posted: Thu, Mar 24 7:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
SES Americom announced Wednesday that it had awarded a satellite manufacturing contract to Lockheed Martin and a launch contract to Arianespace for a relatively small...

NASA to enhance public safety around shuttle
Posted: Wed, Mar 23 8:16 AM ET (1316 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said Tuesday that they are planning new measures to protect the public from the potential hazards of shuttle liftoffs and landings. At...

Spitzer detects light from exoplanets
Posted: Tue, Mar 22 6:59 PM ET (2359 GMT)
Astronomers announced Tuesday that they have seen for the first time light coming directly from two extrasolar planets. In separate studies, astronomers reported that they...

Air Force space leader Teets retires
Posted: Sat, Mar 19 9:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
Peter Teets, acting secretary of the US Air Force and the leading Defense Department official on space issues, announced his resignation Friday. Teets, who had...

ISS gyro problem will not delay shuttle launch
Posted: Fri, Mar 18 7:18 AM ET (1218 GMT)
NASA officials said Thursday that the failure of a gyroscope on the International Space Station earlier this week will not force them to delay the...

Cassini finds atmosphere around Enceladus
Posted: Fri, Mar 18 7:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a tenuous atmosphere surrounding the Saturnian moon Enceladus, scientists said this week. The discovery was based on observations of...

Delta 4 Heavy flaw identified
Posted: Thu, Mar 17 7:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
The US Air Force said Wednesday that "cavitation" in a liquid oxygen feed line was the root cause for the premature shutdown of the main...

ISS gyro fails
Posted: Wed, Mar 16 7:29 PM ET (0029 GMT)
A faulty circuit breaker caused a gyroscope on the International Space Station to shut down early Wednesday, although NASA officials said the problem will not...

Glitch strikes Mars rover instrument
Posted: Wed, Mar 16 7:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
Scientists have suspended use of a spectrometer on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity to investigate a problem with the instrument, NASA reported late Tuesday. The...