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ISS spacewalk a success
Posted: Thu, Jul 1 10:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
The two crewmembers on the International Space Station successfully completed a spacewalk outside the station Wednesday evening, repairing a faulty gyro. Gennady Padalka and Michael...

Dnepr launches satellites
Posted: Tue, Jun 29 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
A Russian Dnepr booster successfully launched a cluster of small satellites for several countries early Tuesday. The Dnepr, a converted SS-18 ICBM, lifted off...

Zenit upper stage failure places satellite in lower orbit
Posted: Tue, Jun 29 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
A Zenit 3SL booster launched a commercial communications satellite for the international Sea Launch venture Monday night, but an upper stage problem placed the satellite...

Mars Express radar deployment delayed again
Posted: Mon, Jun 28 9:03 PM ET (0103 GMT)
ESA officials announced last week that the deployment of a radar boom on its Mars Express spacecraft would be further delayed while engineers study issues...

ISS spacewalk rescheduled for Wednesday night
Posted: Mon, Jun 28 2:19 PM ET (1819 GMT)
International Space Station managers have rescheduled for Wednesday night a spacewalk that was aborted last week just minutes after it began. The EVA by Gennady...

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...



news in brief
ISS launch damages Baikonur pad
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 8:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)

ESA secures more than €22 billion at ministerial
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 8:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)


news links
Monday, December 1
On Space Command: Springs focuses on the mission, not politics
Colorado Springs Gazette — 5:54 am ET (1054 GMT)


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