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SBC considering purchase of DirecTV
Posted: Sat, Feb 8 12:35 PM ET (1735 GMT)
SBC Communications is reportedly pursuing a bid to acquire satellite television company DirecTV, according to news reports published Saturday. The New York Times and other...

Wing debris, photo provide little immediate help in shuttle investigation
Posted: Sat, Feb 8 12:26 PM ET (1726 GMT)
A photo of the space shuttle Columbia taken a minute before it broke apart, as well as the discovery of a large piece of wing...

Delta 4 launch delayed a month
Posted: Sat, Feb 8 12:12 PM ET (1712 GMT)
The launch of a Delta 4 carrying a military payload has been postponed a month because repairs to the vehicle could not be completed before...

NASA handing over Columbia investigation to independent panel
Posted: Fri, Feb 7 2:39 PM ET (1939 GMT)
NASA is in the process of transferring control of the investigation of the loss of space shuttle Columbia to an independent review board, but has...

Report: Air Force camera saw shuttle damage during reentry
Posted: Fri, Feb 7 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Images from a powerful Air Force tracking camera show damage to the leading edge of the shuttle Columbia's left wing one minute before the...

Rohrabacher, Feeney named to House space subcommittee
Posted: Fri, Feb 7 8:47 AM ET (1347 GMT)
The Republican leadership of the US House of Representatives granted waivers Thursday that will allow one Congressman to keep his chairmanship of the space subcommittee...

India renames satellite after Columbia astronaut
Posted: Fri, Feb 7 8:37 AM ET (1337 GMT)
The Indian Space Research Organization announced Thursday that it has renamed a spacecraft launched last year after the Indian-born member of the Columbia crew....

NASA now discounts foam as cause of accident
Posted: Thu, Feb 6 8:41 AM ET (1341 GMT)
NASA investigators said Wednesday they now no longer believe that a chunk of foam insulation could have damaged tiles on the shuttle Columbia to the...

Delta 4 launch delayed
Posted: Thu, Feb 6 6:11 AM ET (1111 GMT)
The launch of a Delta 4 carrying a military payload has been delayed to accommodate delays related to the shuttle Columbia tragedy. The Delta 4,...

Russia suspends space tourism plans
Posted: Thu, Feb 6 6:01 AM ET (1101 GMT)
Rosaviakosmos officials said this week that they have suspended plans to allow space tourists to fly on Soyuz spacecraft in the wake of the Columbia...



news in brief
MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)

Private equity firm buys Exolaunch
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:16 AM ET (1416 GMT)

NASA selects space science mission
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:14 AM ET (1414 GMT)

news links
Sunday, June 21
Stars of physics descend on Westminster to halt catastrophic funding cuts
Royal Aeronautical Society — 11:32 am ET (1532 GMT)


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