Congress seeks to block Inmarsat sale
Posted: Fri, Oct 3 2:35 PM ET (1835 GMT)
Members of Congress are asking the US Treasury Department to delay a proposed sale of satellite operator Inmarsat to a pair of UK private equity...

Orbital wins Minotaur launch order
Posted: Fri, Oct 3 10:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Thursday that it has received an order from the US Air Force for a Minotaur launch vehicle. The $11-million order...

NASA may delay next shuttle flight
Posted: Fri, Oct 3 10:08 AM ET (1408 GMT)
The launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on the first post-Columbia shuttle flight could be delayed again, until next fall, to reinspect part of...

Shuttle oversight legislation introduced
Posted: Fri, Oct 3 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
A leading member of Congress introduced a bill earlier this week that, if passed, would create an independent committee to oversee NASA. The Space Shuttle...

SMART-1 fires ion engine
Posted: Thu, Oct 2 2:01 PM ET (1801 GMT)
ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft started its ion engine for the first time on Tuesday as it begins an 18-month journey to the Moon....

Loral to build two DirecTV satellites
Posted: Thu, Oct 2 11:47 AM ET (1547 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the satellite manufacturing division of satellite operator Loral, announced Wednesday that it has won a contract to build two broadcasting...

Delta 4 wins Air Force order despite ban
Posted: Thu, Oct 2 11:34 AM ET (1534 GMT)
The US Air Force awarded a contract to Boeing on Tuesday for a Delta 4 launch despite an existing suspension of the company’s launch...

Japanese space agencies merge
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 6:42 PM ET (2242 GMT)
Three separate Japanese government agencies devoted to space and aeronautics have officially merged into a single new agency. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) officially...

DigitalGlobe wins NextView satellite contract
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 1:57 PM ET (1757 GMT)
Commercial satellite remote sensing company DigitalGlobe won a Pentagon contract this week to build a next-generation imaging satellite for commercial and military use. The...

Sea Launch puts Galaxy 13 into orbit
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 11:17 AM ET (1517 GMT)
A Zenit 3SL booster successfully launched a joint US/Japanese communications satellite early Tuesday. The booster lifted off at 12:03 am EDT (0403 GMT)...