Hale: shuttle foam loss may be caused by worker damage
Posted: Wed, Oct 5 9:33 AM ET (1333 GMT)
NASA shuttle program manager Wayne Hale said Tuesday that workers may have inadvertently damaged foam on the exterior tank, causing a chunk of it to...

JSC director to resign
Posted: Tue, Oct 4 8:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
The head of NASA's Johnson Space Center announced Monday that he plans to step down to take a university position. Jefferson Davis Howell, Jr.,...

Rocket racing venture announced
Posted: Tue, Oct 4 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
The founder of the X Prize and a venture capitalist have announced the formation of a new venture that conduct a series of races using...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Mon, Oct 3 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a replacement crew and a commercial passenger docked with the International Space Station early Monday. The Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft docked...

Moon discovered around "10th planet"
Posted: Sun, Oct 2 2:24 PM ET (1824 GMT)
Astronomers who earlier this year reported the discovery of a distant solar system object larger than Pluto now say that a sizable moon orbits it....

Soyuz launches ISS crew, space tourist
Posted: Sat, Oct 1 9:07 AM ET (1307 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft lifted off early Saturday carrying the next crew for the International Space Station and a commercial passenger. A Soyuz rocket lifted off...

Next shuttle launch being planned for May
Posted: Sat, Oct 1 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
NASA is beginning planning for launching the next space shuttle mission in May 2006, rather than March, as it plans no more than 19 more...

NASA Ames to partner with Google
Posted: Thu, Sep 29 7:04 AM ET (1104 GMT)
Internet search engine giant Google announced Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with NASA's Ames Research Center to build a research campus at...

China sets date for Shenzhou 6 launch
Posted: Tue, Sep 27 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
China will launch Shenzhou 6, its second manned mission, on October 13, Chinese media outlets reported Monday. According to those reports, Shenzhou 6 will lift...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Mon, Sep 26 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
A Delta 2 launched the first in a new series of modernized GPS satellites late Sunday night. The Delta 2 7925 lifted off from pad...