CNES awards Pleiades satellite contracts
Posted: Tue, Oct 7 2:08 PM ET (1808 GMT)
The French space agency CNES announced late last week that it has awarded contracts to the two major European satellite manufacturers for a new series...

Former ASAP members criticize shuttle funding
Posted: Mon, Oct 6 1:37 PM ET (1737 GMT)
A dozen former members of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), including three who resigned last month, said Friday that NASA, Congress, and the White...

Progress reenters after free-flying mission
Posted: Sun, Oct 5 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
A Progress spacecraft that undocked from the International Space Station last month reentered on Friday after completing an extended free-flyer mission. Progress M1-10...

Shuttle return to flight delayed to September 2004
Posted: Sat, Oct 4 9:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)
NASA officials confirmed Friday that they have delayed the launch of Atlantis on the first post-Columbia mission until at least September 2004. Atlantis is...

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...