Report: O'Keefe to be named as new NASA administrator
Posted: Tue, Nov 13 6:32 PM ET (2332 GMT)
Sean O'Keefe, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), will be nominated to be the next administrator of NASA within the...

News briefs: November 12
Posted: Tue, Nov 13 9:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
XCOR Aerospace officially rolled out its EZ-Rocket rocket plane to investors and the media Monday. The small plane, piloted by Dick Rutan, flew to...

Station crew completes third spacewalk
Posted: Tue, Nov 13 9:26 AM ET (1426 GMT)
American astronaut Frank Culbertson and Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov conducted a successful spacewalk outside the International Space Station Monday. Culbertson and Dezhurov spent five hours...

News briefs: November 10-11
Posted: Mon, Nov 12 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
Four space shuttle astronauts were inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame in a ceremony Saturday. Bob Crippen, Joe Engle, Rick Hauck, and Dick...

US, India to discuss space cooperation
Posted: Sun, Nov 11 10:25 AM ET (1525 GMT)
The United States and India will begin discussions on civilian space cooperation proposals, the leaders of the two nations announced Friday. In a joint statement...

Genesis battery temperature not a problem
Posted: Sun, Nov 11 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
Officials with NASA's Genesis mission say that a high temperature in a battery on the spacecraft should not pose a risk. In articles published...

News briefs: November 9
Posted: Sat, Nov 10 11:52 AM ET (1652 GMT)
NASA selected two instruments Friday for its 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. The HiRISE high-resolution camera and the CRISM hyperspectral imaging spectrometer will join...

International partners concerned about NASA's role in ISS
Posted: Fri, Nov 9 10:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
Statements by several of the international partners in the International Space Station project this week have raised concerns about NASA's ability to meet its...

News briefs: November 8
Posted: Fri, Nov 9 9:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
A new survey has reduced estimates of the number of asteroids in the solar system, and thus the risk of an impact by one. Astronomers...

Congress reaches agreement on 2002 NASA budget
Posted: Thu, Nov 8 1:00 PM ET (1800 GMT)
A House-Senate conference committee agreed Wednesday on a $14.8-billion budget for NASA for fiscal year 2002 that includes funding for a Pluto...