Mir's deorbit date delayed
Posted: Thu, Feb 15 1:44 PM ET (1844 GMT)
The Russian space station Mir will likely remain in orbit until mid-March, about a week later than previously planned, the Itar-Tass news agency...

Astronauts complete third and final spacewalk
Posted: Thu, Feb 15 12:40 AM ET (0540 GMT)
Two astronauts completed the third and final EVA of shuttle mission STS-98 outside the International Space Station Wednesday. Astronauts Bob Curbeam and Tom Jones...

NASA extends NEAR mission up to 10 days
Updated: Wed, Feb 14 2:50 PM ET (1950 GMT)
Originally Posted: Wed, Feb 14 2:14 PM ET (1914 GMT)
NASA announced this afternoon that they have extended the mission of the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft up to 10 days to perform additional observations from the...

Lockheed Martin: no plans to quit space business
Posted: Wed, Feb 14 11:00 AM ET (1600 GMT)
Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has no plans to shut down its commercial space business despite the current tough market, senior executives said this week. The...

Will NEAR's mission be extended?
Posted: Tue, Feb 13 6:42 PM ET (2342 GMT)
NASA is mulling a seven- to ten-day extension to the NEAR Shoemaker mission to give scientists more time to study the surface of the...

Discovery rolled out to launch pad for next mission
Posted: Tue, Feb 13 6:33 PM ET (2333 GMT)
While the crew of the shuttle Atlantis continue their current mission at the International Space Station, the shuttle Discovery was rolled out to the launch...

NEAR lands on Eros
Updated: Tue, Feb 13 10:54 AM ET (1554 GMT)
Originally Posted: Mon, Feb 12 4:31 PM ET (2131 GMT)
NASA's NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft became the first spacecraft in history to land on an asteroid when it touched down on the surface of Eros...

Shuttle astronauts complete second spacewalk
Posted: Tue, Feb 13 12:36 AM ET (0536 GMT)
Two shuttle astronauts performed a virtually flawless EVA Monday, completing several tasks on the exterior of the International Space Station. The primary goal for astronauts...

Shuttle EVA trumps NEAR landing attempt
Posted: Mon, Feb 12 12:34 PM ET (1734 GMT)
It appears that NASA believes that a relatively routine shuttle EVA is more important that the first attempt to land a spacecraft on the surface...

NASA may escape planned budget cuts
Posted: Sun, Feb 11 5:02 PM ET (2202 GMT)
NASA may be one of the few federal agencies to escape significant cuts when President Bush sends his proposed fiscal year 2002 budget to Congress...