After the crash, luck for NASA
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As recovery teams examined the mangled NASA Genesis probe lodged in the floor of Utah&#39;s west desert earlier this month, a crew member spotted a horseshoe in the sand.
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PASADENA, Calif.  - A space capsule returning  solar particles to Earth crashed in the Utah desert on  Wednesday after its parachute failed to open, but scientists  were hoping that the star dust inside might have been saved.
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The tiny but significant hole was from a collision with a piece of space debris, NASA officials said.
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How could NASA improve on a week that saw a successful space shuttle launch against bad-weather odds, the unveiling of an exciting new mission to the moon and a tantalizing discovery on Mars?
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A stubby rocket plane touched down safely in the Mojave desert yesterday to claim a dual prize: the first private, crewed spacecraft to fly two successful missions within
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Scientists are optimistic that they will retrieve useful information from the smashed capsule that fell to earth in the Utah desert after three years in space, officials said Thursday.
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An experienced team of pilots, engineers and scientists are relying on a reinforced skydiving parachute and a helicopter's hook to safely return the first samples from space since the Apollo era.
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Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan have cost NASA a least a week&#39;s worth of work and upset its tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, throwing into doubt the
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NASA is becoming increasingly optimistic that the failing Hubble Space Telescope can be revived and rejuvenated at the hands of a robot rescuer.
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Much of the science from NASA&#39;s Genesis space capsule, which crashed in Utah on 8 September, will probably be salvaged, mission scientists say.
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Russian cosmonauts and engineers may have corrected a problem that caused computers aboard the International Space Station to crash.
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The reaction to NASA's still-secret air safety survey.
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Scientists are hopeful they can retrieve particles of solar wind from a capsule that crashed in the desert last week. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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The loss of the shuttle Columbia was not just a low point in NASA history, but was also a &quot;cathartic moment&quot; that led to reforming the space agency and pushed the nation
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Sean O&#39;Keefe, who resigned Monday as the head of NASA to pursue his application to become chancellor of Louisiana State University, is credited with helping restore the space
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Some marriages grind slowly to a halt. Others, like the author's, explode midflight, a space shuttle torn asunder in the clear blue sky as the stunned crowd watches in disbelief.
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NASA says a poorly designed parachute is the likely reason its space probe, Genesis, came crashing back to earth last week, losing much of its cargo of solar dust.