Email message shows shuttle engineer's concern
Posted: Tue, Apr 1 2:24 PM ET (1924 GMT)
NASA released Monday a library of email messages and other documents related to the Columbia accident investigation, including one from an engineer who called the...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Mon, Mar 31 8:33 PM ET (0133 GMT)
A Delta 2 booster successfully launched a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite Monday afternoon. The Delta 2 7925 lifted off from pad 17A at Cape...

Columbia recorder reveals heat damage started early
Posted: Mon, Mar 31 10:18 AM ET (1518 GMT)
An initial analysis of data on a flight recorder recovered earlier this month shows that temperatures within the left wing of the shuttle Columbia started...

Germany and Italy reach Galileo agreement
Posted: Sun, Mar 30 3:43 PM ET (2043 GMT)
The governments of Germany and Italy announced Friday that they had reached an agreement regarding how to divvy up contracts for the Galileo satellite navigation...

NASA, NIMA agree to photograph future shuttle flights
Posted: Sun, Mar 30 3:33 PM ET (2033 GMT)
NASA said Friday that it had reached an agreement with the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to have spy satellites take images of space...

Sirius reports bigger loss in 2002
Posted: Sat, Mar 29 7:19 PM ET (0019 GMT)
Satellite radio company Sirius reported Friday that the company had deep losses in 2002 and would likely need additional funding in order to reach breakeven....

ISS partners confirm April launch of replacement crew
Posted: Sat, Mar 29 7:05 PM ET (0005 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft will launch late next month carrying a two-person replacement crew for the International Space Station, the ISS partner nations confirmed this...

Japan launches spysats
Posted: Fri, Mar 28 8:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)
A Japanese rocket successfully launched Friday that nation's first two military reconnaissance satellites. The H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center...

XM reports bigger loss, more revenue
Posted: Fri, Mar 28 7:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
XM Satellite Radio reported Thursday that its loss in the fourth quarter of 2002 and the entire year was greater than the year before, but...

Four companies to bid for DirecTV
Posted: Fri, Mar 28 7:41 AM ET (1241 GMT)
As many as four companies are expected to place bids by a Friday deadline to acquire satellite television provider DirecTV, Reuters reported Thursday. Analysts had...