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Astronauts inspect shuttle on way to space station
Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.
updated: Feb 9th - 6:24am

New federal climate change agency forming
The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.
updated: Feb 8th - 12:41pm

5 men, 1 woman aboard shuttle Endeavour
The crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour includes an accomplished musician whose latest exploits are with the cello and steel guitar, an engineer who helped launch shuttles and a second-generation space program worker.
updated: Feb 8th - 5:14am

Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water
The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.
updated: Feb 7th - 3:24pm

Feds: Status of pika will still need watching
The American pika isn't heading for the endangered species list, but federal scientists said there's no question it bears watching as the West warms in the coming decades.
updated: Feb 5th - 11:42pm

Russian cargo ship arrives at space station
A Russian cargo ship has sucessfully docked at the International Space Station, delivering supplies for its crew of five.
updated: Feb 5th - 6:03am

Ancient dinosaur had stripes, researchers say
Some dinosaurs had russet-colored feathers, and one jazzy specimen had a Mohawk crest and stripes, researchers say in the first reports to confidently assign colors to dinosaurs.
updated: Feb 4th - 5:02pm

Hubble sees Pluto changing color, ice sheet cover
Spurned Pluto is changing its looks, donning more rouge in its complexion and altering its iceball surface here and there.
updated: Feb 4th - 4:18pm

Obama plan worries cities that rely on space jobs
President Barack Obama's decision to scrap NASA's back-to-the-moon program in favor of private spacecraft created an outrage in places like Huntsville, where jobs depend on a return lunar trip.
updated: Feb 3rd - 3:51am

Iran launches new research rocket into space
Iran's defense minister says his country has successfully launched a new rocket carrying a mouse, turtle and worms into space for research purposes.
updated: Feb 3rd - 3:22am

NASA's 7 new space pioneers are companies
A half century ago the Mercury Seven embodied America's space future. Now it's the merchant seven _ space companies for hire.
updated: Feb 2nd - 8:58pm

NASA: Good night moon, hello new rocket technology
President Barack Obama is redirecting America's space program, killing NASA's $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon and using much of that money for new rocket technology research.
updated: Feb 1st - 5:50pm

Change in space for NASA: Renting the Right Stuff
Getting to space is about to be outsourced.
updated: Jan 31st - 10:29am

Who to watch in private space taxi field
Here are some leading companies that are or could be developing a private space taxi system to take astronauts to the International Space Station. More firms may join in.
updated: Jan 31st - 8:32am

Watchdog: UK university hid climate data
The university at the center of a climate change dispute over stolen e-mails broke freedom of information laws by refusing to handle public requests for climate data, Britain's data-protection watchdog said Thursday.
updated: Jan 28th - 5:57pm

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