Report: four firms to buy Intelsat
Posted: Mon, Aug 16 10:31 AM ET (1431 GMT)
Four private equity firms have teamed together to put together a $3 billion bid for satellite operator Intelsat, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The...

Canadian Arrow drop tests spacecraft
Posted: Mon, Aug 16 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
A Canadian entrant in the Ansari X Prize competition successfully drop-tested its passenger capsule in the waters off Toronto on Saturday. Canadian Arrow dropped...

India contemplates manned spaceflight
Posted: Sat, Aug 14 11:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
The head of India's space agency said this week that his country could mount a manned orbital spaceflight by early next decade, if the...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Sat, Aug 14 11:27 AM ET (1527 GMT)
A Russian Progress supply spacecraft docked with the International Space Station early Saturday, bringing supplied for the station's two-man crew. The Progress M-...

Discounted PanAmSat sale wins FCC approval
Posted: Fri, Aug 13 10:36 AM ET (1436 GMT)
The DirecTV Group announced Thursday that the sale of its majority stake in satellite operator PanAmSat has been approved by the FCC. The approval, granted...

Genesis adjusts course towards Earth
Posted: Thu, Aug 12 2:48 PM ET (1848 GMT)
NASA's Genesis spacecraft completed a maneuver earlier this week that put the spacecraft on course to return to Earth next month. Genesis fired a...

Kistler hires former NASA, Boeing execs
Posted: Thu, Aug 12 2:15 PM ET (1815 GMT)
Kistler Aerospace announced Wednesday that it has hired a pair of executives who previously worked for NASA and Boeing to give the RLV developer experienced...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Wed, Aug 11 2:11 PM ET (1811 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft Wednesday on a mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz booster lifted off from the Baikonur...

JAXA, NASA test solar sail technology
Posted: Tue, Aug 10 8:48 PM ET (0048 GMT)
In a pair of recent, independent tests, Japanese and American teams have successfully tested systems that could be used to deploy giant solar sails. On...

NASA to go ahead with robotic Hubble repair
Posted: Tue, Aug 10 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe announced Monday that the agency would move ahead with plans to carry out a robotic repair mission to the Hubble...