News briefs: December 14
Posted: Sat, Dec 15 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Another communications satellite has suffered a serious problem in orbit, Space News reported Friday. Arabsat 3A abruptly lost all power from one of two solar...

Shuttle prepares to undock from station
Posted: Sat, Dec 15 10:35 AM ET (1535 GMT)
The crews of the space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station completed preparations Friday for the shuttle's departure on Saturday. Astronauts finished packing...

FUSE spacecraft in safe mode
Posted: Fri, Dec 14 8:05 PM ET (0105 GMT)
NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spacecraft entered safe mode earlier this week because of a reaction wheel problem, project officials said Friday. On...

Shuttle glitch could shorten mission
Posted: Fri, Dec 14 10:17 AM ET (1517 GMT)
A failure of a navigation unit on board the shuttle Endeavour has brought the mission close to an early end, NASA officials said Thursday. One...

X-38 completes eighth test flight
Posted: Fri, Dec 14 10:07 AM ET (1507 GMT)
NASA’s X-38 experimental vehicle completed its eighth, and most ambitious, test flight on Thursday. The vehicle was released from a B-52 at...

News briefs: December 13
Posted: Fri, Dec 14 8:07 AM ET (1307 GMT)
A new entrant has emerged in the competition for the first television show to send a contestant into space, according to an Entertainment Weekly article....

Mars Odyssey finds evidence of water
Posted: Thu, Dec 13 10:07 AM ET (1507 GMT)
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has detected evidence of water ice deposits on the surface of Mars, scientists said Wednesday. Early data from the spacecraft'...

News briefs: December 12
Posted: Thu, Dec 13 7:57 AM ET (1257 GMT)
Two companies announced contracts for new communications satellites Wednesday. Space Systems/Loral said it has reached agreements to build two 1300-series satellites, XTAR EUR...

Report: X-33 to be scrapped
Posted: Wed, Dec 12 2:03 PM ET (1903 GMT)
A last ditch effort to save the X-33 has failed, and the experimental vehicle is in the process of being disassembled, SPACE.com reported...

Shuttle mission extended a day
Posted: Wed, Dec 12 11:09 AM ET (1609 GMT)
Shuttle managers decided Tuesday to extend the mission of the space shuttle Endeavour by one day to give the crew of STS-108 more time...