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US and EU sign Galileo agreement
Posted: Sun, Jun 27 1:23 PM ET (1723 GMT)
The United States and the European Union signed an agreement Saturday that assures that the their separate satellite navigation systems, GPS and Galileo, will be...

India, US to cooperate on space ventures
Posted: Sun, Jun 27 1:15 PM ET (1715 GMT)
The governments of India and the United States have announced a series of measures designed to increase cooperation between the two nations on space projects....

ISS suit leak traced to faulty switch
Posted: Sat, Jun 26 1:24 PM ET (1724 GMT)
A loss of pressure in a spacesuit that led controllers to scrub a spacewalk outside the International Space Station just minutes after it began Thursday...

Mars rover discoveries continue
Posted: Sat, Jun 26 1:16 PM ET (1716 GMT)
NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, operating on the surface for over five months now, continue to make new discoveries, as one finds a hematite-...

Cassini reveals Phoebe from Kuiper Belt
Posted: Sat, Jun 26 1:03 PM ET (1703 GMT)
Analysis of data collected by the Cassini spacecraft when it flew past the outer Saturnian moon of Phoebe earlier this month have led scientists to...

Suit problem leads to spacewalk abort
Posted: Fri, Jun 25 11:56 AM ET (1556 GMT)
A loss of pressure in the main oxygen tank of one spacesuit forced mission controllers to abort a spacewalk outside the International Space Station only...

NASA announces reorganization
Posted: Fri, Jun 25 11:40 AM ET (1540 GMT)
NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe announced Thursday a major internal restructuring of the space agency, replacing existing enterprises with a streamlined set of directorates. Under...

Russian officials insist Olsen removed from Soyuz flight
Posted: Thu, Jun 24 1:18 PM ET (1718 GMT)
Top officials in the Russian Federal Space Agency said Thursday that American businessman and potential space tourist Gregory Olsen would not be able to fly...

NASA rescinds Kistler contract
Posted: Thu, Jun 24 1:11 PM ET (1711 GMT)
NASA has withdrawn a contract with Kistler Aerospace to purchase flight data from that company's RLV under development because the agency was expected to...

Delta launches GPS satellite
Posted: Wed, Jun 23 11:44 PM ET (0344 GMT)
A Boeing Delta 2 successfully launched a GPS navigation satellite Wednesday night after weeks of technical and weather-related delays. The Delta 2 7925 lifted...



news in brief
House committee opposes proposed NASA budget cuts
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)

Electron launches Japanese cubesats
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)

NASA to launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in September
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)

news links
Thursday, April 30
United States Welcomes Morocco Signing of the Artemis Accords
US State Department — 6:58 am ET (1058 GMT)
Baking a parachute for Mars
ESA — 6:55 am ET (1055 GMT)


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