MRO approaches Mars
Posted: Thu, Mar 9 1:43 PM ET (1843 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft is on track to enter orbit around the planet on Friday, project officials said Wednesday. MRO will fire...

EADS reports higher profit for space unit
Posted: Thu, Mar 9 1:35 PM ET (1835 GMT)
The European aerospace company EADS reported higher revenues and profits for its space division in 2005. In its annual earning release Wednesday, the company reported...

Sensor glitch could delay shuttle launch
Posted: Wed, Mar 8 6:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
A problem with an external tank fuel sensor could postpone May's scheduled launch of the STS-121 shuttle mission. Tests on the external tank...

Next sunspot cycle predicted to be intense
Posted: Tue, Mar 7 2:09 PM ET (1909 GMT)
Space scientists announced Monday that they expect the next cycle of sunspots and associated solar activity to be as much as 50 percent stronger than...

Report: military tested manned spaceplane
Posted: Mon, Mar 6 1:37 PM ET (1837 GMT)
The US military secretly tested for years a manned spaceplane capable of reaching orbit, Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine reported in its latest issue...

Progress spacecraft deorbited
Posted: Sat, Mar 4 11:16 AM ET (1616 GMT)
An unmanned Russian Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the ISS and reentered the Earth's atmosphere Friday. The Progress M-54 spacecraft was deorbited by...

NASA cancels Dawn mission
Posted: Fri, Mar 3 10:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
NASA has quietly cancelled a mission to visit two of the largest asteroids in the solar system. The Associated Press reported that NASA on Thursday...

ISS partners agree to station assembly schedule
Posted: Fri, Mar 3 9:55 AM ET (1455 GMT)
NASA and its international partners agreed Thursday to a revised International Space Station assembly schedule that commits NASA to the early launch of key European...

Scientist explain methane in Titan's atmosphere
Posted: Thu, Mar 2 8:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
The methane detected in Titan's dense atmosphere was generated by three distinct outgassing episodes, scientists have concluded. In a paper published in the March...

Next shuttle launch still planned for May
Posted: Wed, Mar 1 8:17 AM ET (1317 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said Tuesday that they are still planning to launch the next shuttle mission, STS-121, in May, and hope to carry out...