Loral wins EchoStar satellite contract
Posted: Tue, Dec 21 7:37 PM ET (0037 GMT)
Satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has won a contract to provide a new spacecraft for satellite TV provider EchoStar, the company announced Monday....

Cassini sees cloud formation on Titan
Posted: Mon, Dec 20 8:38 AM ET (1338 GMT)
Images of Titan taken by the Cassini spacecraft last week show cloud formations not seen during a flyby less than two months earlier, project scientists...

Ariane launches military satellites
Posted: Sat, Dec 18 6:54 PM ET (2354 GMT)
An Ariane 5 booster successfully launched seven satellites Saturday afternoon, including a French reconnaissance satellite. The Ariane 5G lifted off from the Kourou Space Center...

GAO report criticizes shuttle cost estimates
Posted: Sat, Dec 18 6:40 PM ET (2340 GMT)
A General Accounting Office (GAO) report released Friday concluded that NASA has failed to develop a definitive cost estimate for either sending the shuttle to...

Atlas launches communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Dec 17 7:19 PM ET (0019 GMT)
An Atlas 5 booster successfully launched a commercial communications satellite Friday morning. The Atlas 5 521 lifted off from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida...

O'Keefe wins LSU job
Posted: Fri, Dec 17 9:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
Louisiana State University (LSU) has selected outgoing NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe to be the school's next chancellor. The LSU Board of Supervisors unanimously...

Panel: NASA making progress on shuttle
Posted: Fri, Dec 17 8:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)
An independent panel reviewing NASA's shuttle return-to-flight efforts said Thursday that the agency has closed out about half of the recommendations of...

White House releases GPS policy
Posted: Thu, Dec 16 8:56 AM ET (1356 GMT)
The Bush Administration announced Wednesday a new national policy governing the Global Positioning System (GPS), one that could allow the government to shut down the...

Deep Impact launch delayed again
Posted: Wed, Dec 15 7:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that it has pushed back the launch of its Deep Impact comet mission, but the agency remains confident that the spacecraft can...

Cassini flies past Titan
Posted: Wed, Dec 15 7:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its second close approach to Titan this week, encountering more atmospheric drag than expected during the flyby. Cassini made its...