News briefs: December 3
Posted: Tue, Dec 4 8:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
Sean O'Keefe, President Bush's nominee to become the new administrator of NASA, will appear before a Senate committee Friday for his confirmation hearing....

Report: Shuttleworth makes deal to fly to ISS
Posted: Mon, Dec 3 10:09 PM ET (0309 GMT)
South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth has reached a deal with the Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos to fly to the International Space Station as a space...

Cosmonauts complete ISS spacewalk
Posted: Mon, Dec 3 10:01 PM ET (0301 GMT)
Two cosmonauts quickly completed a contingency spacewalk Monday, allowing a Progress spacecraft to securely dock with the International Space Station and clearing the way for...

News briefs: December 1-2
Posted: Sun, Dec 2 11:31 PM ET (0431 GMT)
The reentry of portions of a Proton rocket launched Saturday may have caused brilliant displays witnessed in portions of the United States and Europe Saturday...

Proton launches three navigation satellites
Posted: Sun, Dec 2 11:15 PM ET (0415 GMT)
A Proton booster launched three Russian navigation satellites on Saturday. The Proton lifted off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 1:04 pm EST (1804 GMT) and...

Shuttle launch delayed until Tuesday, ISS EVA on Monday
Posted: Fri, Nov 30 9:29 PM ET (0229 GMT)
The launch of the space shuttle Endeavour has been delayed until Tuesday, after an EVA on Monday by two members of the ISS crew to...

NASA selects Pluto mission design
Posted: Thu, Nov 29 9:39 PM ET (0239 GMT)
NASA announced late Thursday that it has selected a design for a spacecraft mission to Pluto for further study, but cautioned that funding for such...

Progress docking problem delays shuttle launch
Posted: Thu, Nov 29 9:32 PM ET (0232 GMT)
The launch of the space shuttle Endeavour has been delayed at least until Friday while engineers study an incident where a Progress spacecraft failed to...

News briefs: November 28
Posted: Thu, Nov 29 8:48 AM ET (1348 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Wednesday that it has won a contract from PanAmSat to build two small GEO communications satellites. The order for two STAR-...

Possible problems with Progress docking
Posted: Wed, Nov 28 10:54 PM ET (0354 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft may not have firmly docked with the International Space Station Wednesday, a situation that could delay Thursday's launch of the...