Russian space agency to get budget increase
Posted: Thu, Aug 21 9:18 PM ET (0118 GMT)
The Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos will see a budget increase of over $100 million in the coming year, Russian officials said this week. Rosaviakosmos chief...

NASA names astronaut as ISS program scientist
Posted: Thu, Aug 21 9:03 PM ET (0103 GMT)
NASA announced this week that it has named as the agency's ISS program scientist an astronaut who once planned to visit the station. Donald...

EchoStar makes informal bid for Loral
Posted: Wed, Aug 20 1:48 PM ET (1748 GMT)
Satellite television company EchoStar has made an informal bid for the assets of satellite operator Loral, a move that could disrupt Intelsat’s plans to...

Boeing restarts work on ICO satellites
Posted: Wed, Aug 20 1:37 PM ET (1737 GMT)
Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) has restarted work on ten communications satellites for ICO Global, Space News reported online Tuesday. Dave Ryan, vice president and general...

Titan 4 launch delayed until September
Posted: Wed, Aug 20 11:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
The US Air Force announced late Tuesday that the launch of a Titan 4B booster carrying a classified payload has been delayed until early September...

SIRTF launch delayed
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 6:37 PM ET (2237 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that the launch of the SIRTF space telescope would be delayed two delays because of a tracking ship problem. According to a...

Kosmos launches two military satellites
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 2:28 PM ET (1828 GMT)
A Kosmos rocket successfully launched two Russian military satellites on Tuesday, according to Russian media reports. The Kosmos-3M booster lifted off from Plesetsk Cosmodrome...

India announces lunar mission plans
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 2:19 PM ET (1819 GMT)
The prime minister of India announced plans late last week to develop that country's first unmanned mission to the Moon. Prime Minister Atal Behari...

Ariane 5 launch delayed again
Updated: Mon, Aug 18 1:04 PM ET (1704 GMT)
Originally Posted: Mon, Aug 18 11:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Arianespace announced Monday that the next Ariane 5 would be delayed several days, and possibly several weeks, to deal with a satellite issue, the second...

NASA IG affirms independence of CAIB
Posted: Sat, Aug 16 12:50 PM ET (1650 GMT)
NASA's Inspector General (IG) has concluded that the Columbia Accident Investigation Board is acting independently and without "undue influence" from NASA. In a letter...