Boeing to combine space, military units
Posted: Thu, Jul 11 9:07 AM ET (1307 GMT)
The Boeing Company announced plans Wednesday to merge its space and military business units into a single entity. The new Integrated Defense Systems unit will...

Crack found in Endeavour's engines
Posted: Thu, Jul 11 8:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)
Technicians have discovered at least one crack in the engines of the space shuttle Endeavour, making it the fourth shuttle with such cracks. NASA officials...

News briefs: July 10
Posted: Thu, Jul 11 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
NASA selected two proposals for earth science missions this week. One, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, will track the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere....

First Delta 4 launch delayed
Posted: Wed, Jul 10 9:44 PM ET (0144 GMT)
The inaugural launch of the Boeing Delta 4 booster has been delayed from late August until early October, Spaceflight Now reported this week. The booster,...

Bass starts negotiations, training for tourist flight
Posted: Wed, Jul 10 9:05 AM ET (1305 GMT)
Pop star Lance Bass started negotiations with the Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos this week for a space tourist flight to the International Space Station while...

News briefs: July 9
Posted: Wed, Jul 10 7:59 AM ET (1159 GMT)
The Chinese religious movement Falun Gong, banned by the Chinese government, reportedly jammed television signals from a Chinese satellite for a week last month, the...

News briefs: July 8
Posted: Tue, Jul 9 7:24 AM ET (1124 GMT)
The UK joined the European Southern Observatory, a consortium of nations that operate several telescopes on Chile, on Monday. Britain will spend over $150 million...

Kosmos launches two military satellites
Posted: Mon, Jul 8 1:55 PM ET (1755 GMT)
A Russian Kosmos booster successfully launched two satellites for the Russian military early Monday. The Kosmos-3M booster lifted off at 2:36 am EDT (...

News briefs: July 4-5
Posted: Sat, Jul 6 9:38 AM ET (1338 GMT)
Shares in XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio fell Friday after an analyst downgraded both companies. Marc Nabi of Merrill Lynch said that while...

Ariane 5 launches two satellites
Posted: Sat, Jul 6 12:23 AM ET (0423 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched two communications satellites Friday night. The Ariane 5 lifted off on Flight 153 at 7:22 pm EDT (2322 GMT)...