Cassini spots Titan shoreline
Posted: Sun, Sep 18 7:51 AM ET (1151 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has observed what scientists believe is a shoreline of a past or present sea on the surface of Saturn's largest...

Boeing to lose part of spysat program
Posted: Sat, Sep 17 2:35 PM ET (1835 GMT)
The Defense Department is planning to strip part of a controversial spy satellite program from Boeing and give the work to Lockheed Martin, according to...

Two NASA center directors may leave
Posted: Sat, Sep 17 2:25 PM ET (1825 GMT)
The director of NASA's Langley Research Center announced plans Friday to retire by the beginning of next year, while the director of the Glenn...

ORBIMAGE to buy Space Imaging
Posted: Fri, Sep 16 1:53 PM ET (1753 GMT)
ORBIMAGE, a commercial satellite remote sensing company, announced Friday that it planned to acquire one of its rivals, Space Imaging. ORBIMAGE announced that it would...

Senate passes NASA budget
Posted: Fri, Sep 16 7:51 AM ET (1151 GMT)
THe US Senate approved a budget that provides $16.4 billion for NASA in 2006, an amount very close to what the President originally requested....

SpaceX delays first launch
Posted: Thu, Sep 15 8:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has pushed back the first launch of its Falcon 1 launch vehicle to late October after a rocket engine failed during...

NASA names new Stennis director
Posted: Thu, Sep 15 8:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
The manager of NASA's shuttle program has taken back his old job of running one of NASA's field centers, the agency announced this...

Japanese spacecraft approaches asteroid
Posted: Tue, Sep 13 7:47 AM ET (1147 GMT)
A Japanese spacecraft has now moved to within 20 kilometers of its target asteroid, the Japanese space agency JAXA said Monday. Hayabusa is now 20...

Spacecraft detects distant GRB
Posted: Tue, Sep 13 7:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
A NASA spacecraft has observed what astronomers believe to be the most distant gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever, a blast that dates back to the...

Solar storms pummel Earth
Posted: Mon, Sep 12 7:26 AM ET (1126 GMT)
A series of powerful solar storms has affected radio communications on Earth, with the potential of more such activity. A class X17.1 solar flare...