NASA issues Kepler contracts
Posted: Tue, Oct 29 10:36 PM ET (0336 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that it has issued contracts worth over $30 million to two companies developing key components for the Kepler planet-finding mission. NASA...

NASA planning long-duration shuttle visits to ISS
Posted: Tue, Oct 29 10:45 AM ET (1545 GMT)
NASA is considering having space shuttles spend up to two weeks at a time docked to the International Space Station to help overcome the limitations...

EchoStar tries to salvage merger by creating new competitor
Posted: Tue, Oct 29 9:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
Satellite TV company EchoStar is trying to salvage its proposed merger with DirecTV by helping a rival company create its own satellite TV service. Several...

Chandra data bolsters dark matter
Posted: Mon, Oct 28 8:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
Observations of a distant galaxy by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory have offered new support for the dark matter model by providing evidence against an...

Lockheed Martin reports flat space earnings
Posted: Mon, Oct 28 7:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)
Lockheed Martin reported relatively flat revenues and earnings for its space systems division on Friday. In the fiscal third quarter the company's space systems...

China launches imaging satellite
Posted: Sun, Oct 27 11:53 AM ET (1653 GMT)
China announced early Sunday that it launched an imaging satellite designed for remote sensing or military reconnaissance work. A Long March 4B rocket lifted off...

French government plans CNES audit
Posted: Sun, Oct 27 11:03 AM ET (1603 GMT)
The French government plans to create a commission to examine the CNES space agency after many of the agency's employees called for the resignation...

Orbital reports profit, wins satellite contract
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:26 PM ET (0026 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation reported a profit in its fiscal third quarter on Friday, and won a commercial communications satellite contract one day later. Orbital reported...

Astronomers use new technique to discover small exoplanet
Posted: Fri, Oct 25 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week that they have used a new technique to find the smallest extrasolar planet discovered to date. The astronomers, from the University...

NASA planning crew transfer vehicle for ISS
Posted: Thu, Oct 24 9:38 PM ET (0138 GMT)
NASA is actively considering developing a crew transfer vehicle (CTV) that would be launched on an expendable vehicle to carry astronauts to and from the...