Astronaut named new CSA president
Posted: Wed, Sep 3 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
The Canadian government selected astronaut Steven MacLean as the new president of the Canadian Space Agency on Tuesday. MacLean was part of the original group...

Weather concerns put shuttle rollout on hold
Posted: Tue, Sep 2 3:01 PM ET (1901 GMT)
NASA has delayed the rollout of the shuttle Atlantis to its launch pad until at least Thursday morning as the space agency waits out a...

NASA centers prepare for hurricane
Posted: Sat, Aug 30 8:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
Two NASA centers are shutting down as a precaution as a potentially strong hurricane heads for the US Gulf Coast. The Michoud Assembly Facility in...

Report: NASA to study shuttle life extension
Posted: Fri, Aug 29 2:17 PM ET (1817 GMT)
NASA administrator Mike Griffin has directed agency staff to study what would be needed to extend the life of the space shuttle to as late...

Dnepr launches RapidEye satellites
Posted: Fri, Aug 29 2:09 PM ET (1809 GMT)
A Dnepr rocket successfully launched five remote sensing satellites for a German company on Friday. The Dnepr rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in...

Shuttle rollout delayed
Posted: Thu, Aug 28 8:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
The move of the space shuttle Atlantis to the launch pad for an October mission to the Hubble Space Telescope has been postponed at least...

Opportunity to climb out of crater
Posted: Thu, Aug 28 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity will soon exit a crater it has been exploring for nearly a year, in part as a precaution as the...

Senators ask Bush to preserve shuttle infrastructure
Posted: Thu, Aug 28 12:12 AM ET (0412 GMT)
Three members of the US Senate, including Republican presidential nominee John McCain, have asked President Bush not to take any steps that would keep NASA...

NASA renames GLAST, releases first images
Posted: Thu, Aug 28 12:06 AM ET (0406 GMT)
NASA announced this week a new name for a recently-launched gamma-ray telescope as well as the first images returned by the spacecraft. The...

Suborbital rocket explodes after liftoff
Posted: Fri, Aug 22 9:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
An ATK-developed suborbital rocket carrying two NASA experiments exploded shortly after liftoff from Virginia Friday morning. The ATK Launch Vehicle (ALV) X-1 lifted...