Firms look to shuttle successor
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.
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Scientists gather to discuss their preferred targets for the next "flagship" mission to another world.
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CLEVELAND, OH  -- As NASA readies the space shuttle fleet to fly again,  the agency's risk management teams are also paying attention to risk issues that  affect the International Space Station.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery raced toward a rendezvous with the international space station Monday, ready to deliver a new crew member and a 2-ton addition to the space lab.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will decide whethe
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NASA is in the market for commercial  relationships and private capital as it gears up for its next  manned missions to the moon.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery raced toward a rendezvous with the international space station Monday, ready to deliver a new crew member and a 2-ton addition to the space lab.
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Two business moguls announce plans to capitalize on the current hubbub over private spaceflight. Also: Speculation increases on whether SpaceShipOne will carry passengers on its second prize-attempt flight.... and more. By Dan Brekke.
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NASA on Thursday will take a significant step toward getting the space shuttle flying again when it rolls out the first new fuel tank that is designed to eliminate the problems that led to the 2003 breakup of shuttle Columbia.
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Northrop Grumman Corp. and the Boeing Co. may work as a team in a competition to develop NASAâs project to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond, Northrop Grumman officials said this week.
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The United States is to resume its space shuttle program next year after the Columbia shuttle tragedy in 2003. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, announced
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NASA has chosen two aerospace companies to develop a commercial spaceship capable of flying cargo to the International Space Station.
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Space shuttle Atlantis  astronauts will make another inspection of their spacecraft to  ensure unidentified objects seen flying near the ship were not  pieces of its heat shield or other critical components, NASA  managers said on Tuesday.
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NASA hinted that it might rely on Russian rockets to deliver crew and cargo to the international space station when the shuttle fleet is retired in 2010 if private space companies fail to fill the gap.
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WASHINGTON - NASA is now targeting Jan. 10 for the liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis pending the resolution of fuel tank sensor issues that prevented two launch attempts this month, the space agency said Thursday.
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Within a few years, a handful of rich tourists may be blasting into space in a craft that looks a little like a cross between the space shuttle and a corporate jet.
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Nasa mission managers give the go-ahead for the space shuttle Atlantis to launch on Thursday of next week.