Lockheed, Northrop win space radar contracts
Posted: Sat, Apr 17 12:51 PM ET (1651 GMT)
The US Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman contracts on Friday to develop concepts for a space-based radar system. Each company won...

Astronomers discover distant exoplanet
Posted: Sat, Apr 17 12:54 AM ET (0454 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week that they have used a new technique to discover an extrasolar planet much farther from Earth than any other known exoplanet....

Atlas 2 launches Japanese communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Apr 16 10:26 AM ET (1426 GMT)
An Atlas 2AS successfully launched a Japanese communications satellite Thursday night. The Atlas 2AA lifted off from pad 36A at Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8:...

Globalstar completes restructuring
Posted: Thu, Apr 15 10:14 PM ET (0214 GMT)
Satellite communications company Globalstar announced Thursday that it has completed a long-awaited financial restructuring. Under terms of an agreement that was finalized in December,...

Space tourist Olsen begins training
Posted: Thu, Apr 15 9:58 PM ET (0158 GMT)
Gregory Olsen, the American businessman who plans to be the third commercial space tourist, started his training for his flight to the International Space Station...

Lack of moon orbiting Sedna puzzles astronomers
Posted: Wed, Apr 14 11:47 PM ET (0347 GMT)
Hubble observations of the newly-discovered planetoid Sedna have failed to turn up any evidence of a moon, leaving scientists to wonder why the distant...

British space industry growing
Posted: Wed, Apr 14 11:36 PM ET (0336 GMT)
The space industry in the United Kingdom has grown by 20 percent over the last two years, according to a report released this week by...

Mars rovers get software upgrade
Posted: Tue, Apr 13 8:21 PM ET (0021 GMT)
Mission controllers are uploading new software to the twin Mars Exploration Rovers that should help the rovers extend their mission as late as September. The...

Survey reveals NASA workers still reticent to speak up
Posted: Tue, Apr 13 8:13 PM ET (0013 GMT)
A survey of NASA employees released this week revealed that, more than a year after the Columbia accident, many employees are still concerned about speaking...

Putin calls for demilitarization of space
Posted: Tue, Apr 13 12:22 AM ET (0422 GMT)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that space should be demilitarized, but suggested no specific steps Russia would take steps towards that goal. Putin, speaking...