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Lockheed may pay for dropped satellite
Posted: Wed, Mar 3 11:49 PM ET (0449 GMT)
Lockheed Martin may be forced to pay up to $400 million for damage to a US government weather satellite dropped at a company factory last...

Rover reveals region of Mars once drenched in water
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 3:28 PM ET (2028 GMT)
Data collected by NASA's Mars rover Opportunity have led scientists to conclude that at least one region of Mars was once "drenched" in liquid...

ILS wins Worldsat launch contact
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 2:42 PM ET (1942 GMT)
International Launch Services announces Tuesday that it has won a contract to launch a communications satellite for SES Americom subsidiary Worldsat. ILS announced that it...

Lockheed CEO to retire
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 10:59 AM ET (1559 GMT)
Lockheed Martin announced late Monday that Vance Coffman, who had been the CEO of the company for seven years, will retire this summer, with the...

Ariane launches Rosetta
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 10:44 AM ET (1544 GMT)
After several days of weather and technical delays, an Ariane 5 booster successfully launched ESA's Rosetta comet mission early Tuesday. The Ariane 5 lifted...

NASA to announce "significant" Mars discovery Tuesday
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 10:27 AM ET (1527 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that the space agency will hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon to reveal what it calls "significant findings" from the Odyssey Mars...

Poll: British public concerned about US role in space
Posted: Mon, Mar 1 7:57 PM ET (0057 GMT)
A poll released Monday found that a majority of the British public felt that the US was more interested in increasing its military presence in...

Rosetta launch scheduled for Tuesday
Posted: Mon, Mar 1 2:48 PM ET (1948 GMT)
The Ariane 5 launch of ESA's Rosetta comet mission has been rescheduled for early Tuesday, ESA announced Monday. The launch is scheduled for one...

Report criticizes ISS records, inspections
Posted: Sat, Feb 28 2:36 PM ET (1936 GMT)
A NASA report released Friday identified a number of problems with the International Space Station program, from poorly-kept records to an inability to inspect...

Cassini returns new Saturn image
Posted: Sat, Feb 28 2:21 PM ET (1921 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent back its best image to date of the planet Saturn, around which the spacecraft will enter orbit later this...



news in brief
MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)

Private equity firm buys Exolaunch
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:16 AM ET (1416 GMT)

NASA selects space science mission
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:14 AM ET (1414 GMT)

news links
Wednesday, June 24
SpaceX launch planned for Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base
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