ATK to acquire PSI Group
Posted: Mon, Jul 12 8:46 PM ET (0046 GMT)
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announced Monday that it reached an agreement to acquire satellite component manufacturer PSI Group. Based in southern California, PSI Group consists of...

NASA Langley announces reorganization
Posted: Sun, Jul 11 12:59 PM ET (1659 GMT)
NASA's Langley Research Center announced last week a reorganization of the field center that will result in a reduction in the number of supervisors....

GD completes acquisition of Spectrum Astro
Posted: Sat, Jul 10 4:44 PM ET (2044 GMT)
General Dynamics announced Friday that it has completed the acquisition of aerospace company Spectrum Astro, finalizing a deal announced earlier this year. Spectrum Astro, an...

Aura launch delayed
Posted: Sat, Jul 10 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
Sunday's scheduled launch of NASA's Aura earth sciences spacecraft has been delayed at least 24 hours because of a problem with the booster'...

SS1 X Prize flights planned for late September
Posted: Fri, Jul 9 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Scaled Composites plans to fly SpaceShipOne on its Ansari X Prize qualification flights in late September, the pilot of last month's historic flight said...

Report: shuttle rescue plan carries high risk of failure
Posted: Fri, Jul 9 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
A NASA plan to have a damaged space shuttle dock for an extended period at the International Space Station carries a high risk of the...

Cassini reveals compositional differences in Saturn's rings
Posted: Thu, Jul 8 7:56 AM ET (1156 GMT)
Spectroscopic data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft has shown that the composition of Saturn's extensive ring system is not uniform but varies from region...

SpaceShipOne problems corrected
Posted: Wed, Jul 7 7:43 PM ET (2343 GMT)
Two major problems experienced during last month's suborbital space flight of Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne vehicle have been corrected, Wired News reported Wednesday. In an...

Sea Launch anomaly investigation continues
Posted: Wed, Jul 7 7:31 PM ET (2331 GMT)
Engineers are continuing to investigate a problem with the upper stage of a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL booster that placed its payload into a lower-...

Veteran cosmonaut dies
Posted: Tue, Jul 6 10:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
Andriyan Nikolayev, the third Russian in space and veteran of two space flights, passed away Saturday at the age of 74. Nikolayev suffered a heart...