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Soyuz launch to ISS may be delayed
Posted: Wed, Sep 15 10:35 AM ET (1435 GMT)
The launch of the next crew to the International Space Station, scheduled for next month, may be delayed by up to ten days because of...

Bush asks for $126 million for KSC hurricane repairs
Posted: Tue, Sep 14 8:41 PM ET (0041 GMT)
President George Bush asked Congress on Tuesday to approve a supplemental budget bill that includes $126 million to repair hurricane damage at NASA's Kennedy...

Insurers seek restitution for Boeing satellite problems
Posted: Mon, Sep 13 8:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
A group of satellite insurers have started legal action against Boeing Satellite Systems, claiming company negligence led to defects that generated over $1 billion in...

Cassini finds new ring, objects at Saturn
Posted: Mon, Sep 13 8:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
Images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft have turned up a previously-unknown faint ring around Saturn as well as one or two unidentified objects...

NASA: Ivan poses no risk to KSC
Posted: Sun, Sep 12 10:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
Kennedy Space Center officials said Saturday they believe powerful Hurricane Ivan will not come close enough to the spaceport to cause additional damage. Ivan, which...

ISS oxygen generator repair fails
Posted: Sat, Sep 11 6:12 PM ET (2212 GMT)
Efforts by the ISS crew to repair a broken oxygen generator failed Friday when the generator broke down shortly after the repair was completed. The...

Astronomers claim first exoplanet image
Posted: Sat, Sep 11 6:05 PM ET (2205 GMT)
Astronomers said Friday that they have taken what they believe is the first direct image of an extrasolar planet. The object, orbiting the brown dwarf...

NASA hopeful Genesis samples can be salvaged
Posted: Fri, Sep 10 8:19 PM ET (0019 GMT)
Project officials and scientists said Friday they believed that at least some of the solar wind samples contained in the Genesis return capsule that crashed...

ISS oxygen generator breaks down
Posted: Fri, Sep 10 1:54 PM ET (1754 GMT)
A balky oxygen generator on the International Space Station has broken down, a malfunction that could jeopardize a crew exchange mission planned for next month...

China launches two satellites
Posted: Thu, Sep 9 2:11 PM ET (1811 GMT)
A Chinese Long March booster placed two small research satellites into orbit Thursday, according to Chinese media reports. A Long March 4B rocket lifted off...



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
Monday, April 27
Program: PNG Starlink ban to end after National Court ruling
Australian Broadcasting Corporation — 5:26 am ET (0926 GMT)
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base Sunday morning
KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo, CA — 5:24 am ET (0924 GMT)


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