ICO and Teledesic pull back from merger plans
Posted: Mon, Mar 26 11:04 AM ET (1604 GMT)
Satellite telecommunications companies Teledesic and New ICO have put off plans to merge, possibly permanently, according to regulatory filings earlier this month. The two companies...

The aftermath of Mir
Posted: Sat, Mar 24 1:04 PM ET (1804 GMT)
Although it has been more than a day since the Russian space station met its fate in a fiery reentry, news about the station continues...

Tito remains confident he will fly to ISS
Posted: Fri, Mar 23 3:54 PM ET (2054 GMT)
American millionaire Dennis Tito said Thursday he still believes Russia will include him on a crew of a Soyuz spacecraft that will fly to the...

Farewell, Mir
Updated: Fri, Mar 23 11:00 AM ET (1600 GMT)
Originally Posted: Fri, Mar 23 7:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
The Russian space station Mir completed its 15-year mission early Friday with a fiery reentry over the South Pacific Ocean. After two successful deorbit...

Europe moves forward with plans for GPS competitor
Posted: Thu, Mar 22 5:13 PM ET (2213 GMT)
The European Commission announced Thursday that it had lined up private financial support to continue development of a new satellite navigation system. The Commission said...

Mir's final day
Posted: Thu, Mar 22 12:41 PM ET (1741 GMT)
The Russian space station Mir entered its final day in orbit Thursday as plans to orbit the station proceeded as planned. The first of three...

Boeing announces organizational changes
Posted: Wed, Mar 21 2:27 PM ET (1927 GMT)
Boeing, one of the leading aerospace companies in the world, announced a series of management and organizational reforms Wednesday. Boeing chairman and CEO Phil Condit...

Has Mars Polar Lander been found?
Posted: Wed, Mar 21 11:35 AM ET (1635 GMT)
Analysts with a military mapping agency may have located the Mars Polar Lander spacecraft in images of the surface of Mars, according to media reports....

Shuttle lands in Florida
Posted: Wed, Mar 21 6:05 AM ET (1105 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center early Thursday morning, bringing to an end mission STS-102. The shuttle touched down...

Cosmonauts resume training as NASA copes with Tito issue
Posted: Tue, Mar 20 5:46 PM ET (2246 GMT)
Cosmonauts scheduled to fly a Soyuz taxi mission to the International Space Station next month resumed training in Houston Tuesday as NASA officials maintained their...