Report: CEV to be named Project Orion
Posted: Fri, Jul 21 10:08 AM ET (1408 GMT)
NASA plans to name the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), the manned spacecraft that will be used to send astronauts to Earth orbit and the Moon...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Fri, Jul 21 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
A Molniya rocket launched a Russian military satellite early Friday. The Molniya-M rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 12:...

MetOp launch postponed indefinitely
Posted: Thu, Jul 20 10:26 AM ET (1426 GMT)
After three consecutive scrubs, the launch of Europe's first polar-orbiting weather satellite has been delayed until further notice, possibly as long as two...

Globalstar files for IPO
Posted: Thu, Jul 20 10:04 AM ET (1404 GMT)
Mobile satellite communications company Globalstar, which went through bankruptcy protection earlier this decade, has announced plans to perform an initial public offering of stock. Globalstar...

Falcon 1 loss blamed on fuel leak
Posted: Wed, Jul 19 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
A review board has concluded that the failed inaugural launch of the Falcon 1 earlier this year was caused by a fuel leak. The Falcon...

European weather satellite launch delayed
Posted: Mon, Jul 17 8:59 PM ET (0059 GMT)
The launch of a European weather satellite on a Russian rocket was postponed Monday at least 24 hours because of a problem with the rocket....

Discovery lands at KSC
Posted: Mon, Jul 17 11:01 AM ET (1501 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday morning despite some weather that forced a last-minute change in...

Shuttle undocks from ISS
Posted: Sat, Jul 15 10:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station Saturday morning as the STS-121 crew prepares for their return to Earth. Discovery undocked...

Senate committee adds $1 billion to NASA budget
Posted: Fri, Jul 14 7:59 AM ET (1159 GMT)
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to a NASA budget bill Thursday that will add one billion dollars to the space agency's 2007...

EVA tests shuttle repair techniques
Posted: Thu, Jul 13 8:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
Two astronauts spent seven hours outside the space shuttle and International Space Station Wednesday, testing techniques to repair damage to a shuttle's thermal protection...