Total Tally of Shuttle Fleet Costs Exceed Initial Estimates
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BOULDER,  Colo. -- As NASA and its industrial army march forward to this year's return to flight of the space shuttle program, a new assessment has been made on the program's overall price tag to the taxpayer.
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CLEVELAND, OH -- As NASA readies the space shuttle fleet to fly again, the agencyâs risk management teams are also paying attention to risk issues that affect the International Space Station.
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By Rasha Madkour Associated Press  HOUSTON -- The orbiting Discovery crew started the meticulous inspection of the shuttle's heat shield on Sunday, looking for any possible damage from liftoff.
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The annual costs to fuel, maintain and repair these 10 vehicles sap thousands from owners' wallets.
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Budget airline passengers are paying more than the price advertised due to extra costs, a Which? survey claims.
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Higher jet fuel costs overcame Southwest's record revenues for the June quarter.
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The space shuttle Atlantisâ mission, originally scheduled for 11 days, has entered its fourteenth day.
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A Navy program to build a new combat ship to patrol coastal waters will face another cost increase, government officials acknowledged yesterday, a hit to the service's attempt to keep expenses under control so it can afford a larger fleet.
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As NASA readies the space shuttle fleet to fly again, the agency&#39;s risk management teams are also paying attention to risk issues that affect the International Space Station.
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QANTAS will be at least $196 million out of pocket this year because of rocketing fuel prices, even with surcharges. Fuel costs for international and domestic flights had soared $560 million above last year, the flag carrier said last night.
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Nasa detects a problem with a sensor on the external tank of the space shuttle Atlantis hours before take-off.
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U.S. airline delays for 2007 surpassed the 1 million mark in July, the same month major carriers scheduled a record number of flights - 647,600, the government reported on Tuesday.
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A new report released by an American Physical Society (APS) Special Committee on NASA Funding for Astrophysics has questioned the space agency's Moon, Mars and Beyond initiative. The APS assessment warns that t  he cost of overcoming technological challenges to make real the plan could far exceed budgetary projections and that numerous&nbsp;approved science programs could be jeopardized.
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(Corrects to show Merrill write-downs and adjustments totaled about $16 billion instead of $14.1 billion in paragraph 7.)
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NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said Wednesday the cost of fixing all the problems with the space shuttle fleet could top &#36;2.2 billion &#151; double the estimated price tag given to Congress a year ago.
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Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan have cost NASA a least a weekâs worth of work and upset its tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, throwing into doubt the
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Since the loss of the Columbia space shuttle, Russia has ferried all crews and cargoes on its smaller space craft. Costing around $22 million each to construct and launch, unmanned Progress freighters carry supplies.