News briefs: October 5
Posted: Sat, Oct 6 12:24 PM ET (1624 GMT)
As expected, NASA decided Friday not to inspect the orbital maneuvering engine pods on the shuttle Endeavour. Problems with misshapen boltholes on the shuttle Columbia...

Titan 4 launches classified military satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 5 6:59 PM ET (2259 GMT)
A Titan 4B booster sucecssfully launched a classified military payload late Friday. The Titan 4B lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 5:...

Space tourist may not fly to ISS next year
Posted: Fri, Oct 5 3:42 PM ET (1942 GMT)
A South African entrepreneur who was reportedly set to be the next commercial space tourist may be denied his flight on a Soyuz mission next...

Galileo flies through volcanic plume above Io
Posted: Fri, Oct 5 3:17 PM ET (1917 GMT)
NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew through the tenuous plume of a previously-unknown volcano on the Jovian moon Io earlier this year, scientists reported Thursday....

News briefs: October 4
Posted: Fri, Oct 5 12:34 AM ET (0434 GMT)
The Air Force has finally cleared a Titan 4B to launch a classified military satellite Friday. The launch, delayed since Monday because of a number...

No single cause for X-43 failure
Posted: Fri, Oct 5 12:19 AM ET (0419 GMT)
Investigators now believe that the launch failure of NASA's X-43A experimental vehicle will not be traced to a single root cause. A board...

Lockheed Martin to build 2005 NASA Mars spacecraft
Posted: Thu, Oct 4 12:15 PM ET (1615 GMT)
NASA announced Wendesday that it has selected Lockheed Martin to build the spacecraft for the agency's next orbital mission to the Red Planet, the...

News briefs: October 3
Posted: Thu, Oct 4 11:09 AM ET (1509 GMT)
Another day, another delay. The launch of a Titan 4B on a classified military mission has been postponed another day, to Friday, the Air Force...

Bolt problem will not delay shuttle mission
Posted: Wed, Oct 3 11:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)
A problem with misshapen bolt holes found on one shuttle will not delay the late November launch of the shuttle Endeavour, the Houston Chronicle reported...

News briefs: October 2
Posted: Wed, Oct 3 11:40 AM ET (1540 GMT)
The launch of a Titan 4B carrying a classified military payload has been pushed back again, this time to Thursday. Spaceflight Now reported late Tuesday...