Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Thu, Aug 2 9:04 PM ET (0104 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft was launched late Thursday on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. A Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress M-61...

Shuttle cabin leak under investigation
Posted: Wed, Aug 1 8:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
Technicians are investigating an air leak in the cabin of the space shuttle Endeavour that could delay next week's launch. The air leak had...

Phoenix launch delayed a day
Posted: Tue, Jul 31 9:13 PM ET (0113 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that the launch of the Phoenix mission to Mars would be delayed a day because of poor weather. Phoenix was scheduled to...

Northrop, Air Force restructure NPOESS contract
Posted: Tue, Jul 31 7:10 AM ET (1110 GMT)
The Air Force and Northrop Grumman announced Monday that they have completed the restructuring of a contract for a new generation of weather satellites. As...

NASA acknowledges reports of intoxicated astronauts
Posted: Sat, Jul 28 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
NASA officials on Friday released a report that claimed that on at least two occasions astronauts were intoxicated immediately prior to missions, as the agency...

House approves NASA budget
Posted: Fri, Jul 27 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
The House of Representatives passed an appropriations bill Thursday that includes $17.6 billion for NASA in fiscal year 2008. The full House passed the...

Fatal explosion at Mojave Airport
Updated: Fri, Jul 27 7:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
Originally Posted: Thu, Jul 26 9:18 PM ET (0118 GMT)
An explosion at a Scaled Composites rocket test stand at Mojave Airport in California Thursday afternoon killed three people and injured three others. The explosion,...

Endeavour cleared for launch despite computer sabotage
Posted: Thu, Jul 26 8:11 PM ET (0011 GMT)
NASA cleared the space shuttle Endeavour for launch early next month while revealing that a computer the shuttle will carry to the station was apparently...

Report: drunken astronauts flew on shuttle
Posted: Thu, Jul 26 8:03 PM ET (0003 GMT)
Astronauts so intoxicated that they were considered a flight safety risk flew on at least two shuttle missions, according to an independent report to be...

Boeing profits rise
Posted: Thu, Jul 26 8:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
The division of The Boeing Company that incorporates its space ventures reported increased profits despite flat revenues, the company reported Wednesday. The Network and Space...