Atlas 5 launches Rainbow 1
Posted: Fri, Jul 18 1:08 AM ET (0508 GMT)
A new variant of the Atlas 5 booster successfully launched a direct broadcasting satellite Thursday evening. The Atlas 5 521 lifted off from Complex 41...

SOHO resumes full operations
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 6:09 PM ET (2209 GMT)
The NASA-ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft has emerged from a period of partial communications blackouts, ESA reported Thursday. Contact with SOHO had...

House subcommittee approves draft NASA budget
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 6:02 PM ET (2202 GMT)
A House appropriations subcommittee approved this week a proposed NASA budget but deferred any discussion of changes in funding for the space shuttle program. The...

WSJ: Boeing in talks with Air Force on investigation settlement
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 11:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
Boeing is in negotiations with the US Air Force on a possible settlement of charges that the company used sensitive Lockheed Martin documents in its...

NASA to overhaul shuttle flight rules
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 10:53 AM ET (1453 GMT)
NASA is planning major changes to its shuttle flight rules to add "rigor" and "discipline" to how the agency manages shuttle flights, Florida Today reported...

Hughes, Boeing reach settlement on satellite sale dispute
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
Hughes Electronics and Boeing reached an agreement late Tuesday on a long-running dispute over Boeing's purchase of Hughes' satellite manufacturing unit three years...

Report: Columbia crew lived one minute after last contact
Posted: Wed, Jul 16 2:47 PM ET (1847 GMT)
Shuttle investigators believe the STS-107 crew lived for about one minute after radio contact with the shuttle Columbia was lost during reentry, the New...

PanAmSat reports higher profits
Posted: Wed, Jul 16 10:33 AM ET (1433 GMT)
Satellite operator PanAmSat reported Tuesday an increase in profits for its fiscal second quarter despite a dip in revenue. In the quarter the company reported...

NASA creates independent safety office
Posted: Wed, Jul 16 10:24 AM ET (1424 GMT)
NASA announced on Tuesday the creation of a new independent engineering and safety office designed to ensure the safety of the shuttle and other programs....

Teledesic files to surrender spectrum
Posted: Tue, Jul 15 9:24 PM ET (0124 GMT)
Teledesic, a satellite communications company that once planned a constellation of nearly 1,000 satellites, filed a motion with the Federal Communications Commission to surrender...