EchoStar and Hughes drop merger plans
Posted: Tue, Dec 10 10:39 PM ET (0339 GMT)
Facing strong regulatory opposition, EchoStar and Hughes Electronics announced Tuesday that they were ending plans to merge their satellite television operations. The two companies said...

Northrop wins approval for TRW merger
Posted: Tue, Dec 10 8:42 PM ET (0142 GMT)
Northrop Grumman announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with the US Justice Department on a consent decree that will allow the company to...

Astra 1K deorbited
Posted: Tue, Dec 10 8:54 AM ET (1354 GMT)
Satellite operator SES Astra announced Tuesday that it has deorbited its Astra 1K spacecraft, two weeks after a launch failure stranded it in low Earth...

Jupiter moon Amalthea "full of holes"
Posted: Tue, Dec 10 8:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
Amalthea, a small inner moon of Jupiter, has an unusually low density which means that it is likely an agglomeration of smaller pieces, scientists said...

Columbia rolled out to launch pad
Posted: Mon, Dec 9 8:02 PM ET (0102 GMT)
The space shuttle Columbia was rolled out to the launch pad Monday in preparation for launch next month. Columbia was moved out of the Vehicle...

Endeavour finally lands
Posted: Sat, Dec 7 4:24 PM ET (2124 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour landed Saturday afternoon at the Kennedy Space Center after three days of poor weather kept the shuttle in orbit. Endeavour touched...

NASA selects Mars Scout finalists
Posted: Sat, Dec 7 10:43 AM ET (1543 GMT)
NASA announced Friday that it has selected four missions as finalists for its Mars Scout spacecraft program later this decade. One of the four missions...

Shuttle landing delayed for third straight day
Posted: Fri, Dec 6 4:40 PM ET (2140 GMT)
NASA delayed the landing of the space shuttle Endeavour for a record-setting third straight day Friday, but shuttle managers said they would bring the...

ISS partners agree to increase crew size
Posted: Fri, Dec 6 2:51 PM ET (1951 GMT)
The five space agencies involved with the International Space Station have agreed to work on ways of expanding the size of the permanent crew of...

Studies question early wet Mars, find ice at south pole
Posted: Fri, Dec 6 10:42 AM ET (1542 GMT)
A pair of papers published in Friday’s issue of the journal Science has provided new insights in the past and present status of water...