Atlas 5 launch scrubbed
Posted: Thu, Mar 10 9:24 PM ET (0224 GMT)
The launch of an Atlas 5 carrying a heavy communications satellite was scrubbed Thursday because of a technical glitch late in the countdown. The Atlas...

SpaceShipOne to go to Smithsonian
Posted: Thu, Mar 10 4:53 AM ET (0953 GMT)
SpaceShipOne, the first privately-developed manned spacecraft to fly into space, will be donated to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (NASM)...

Hubble finds mass limit for stars
Posted: Thu, Mar 10 4:45 AM ET (0945 GMT)
Observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have shown that stars do not get any heavier than 150 times the mass of the Sun, astronomers said...

Progress spacecraft reenters
Posted: Wed, Mar 9 9:29 PM ET (0229 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft that undocked from the International Space Station over a week ago has finally reentered, Russian officials said Wednesday. Progress M-51,...

Cablevision deal buys time for Voom
Posted: Wed, Mar 9 8:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
Cablevision announced late Tuesday that it has reached a deal with its own chairman to keep the Voom satellite TV service alive at least through...

Boeing fires CEO
Posted: Mon, Mar 7 7:35 PM ET (0035 GMT)
The Boeing Company announced Monday morning that it had fired its CEO and president, Harry Stonecipher, after the company discovered he was having an affair...

Rosetta flies past Earth
Posted: Sun, Mar 6 10:40 AM ET (1540 GMT)
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft flew past Earth late Friday in the first of a series of flybys en route to a comet. Rosetta, launched a...

Air Force ends Boeing launch ban
Posted: Sat, Mar 5 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
The US Air Force announced late Friday that it has lifted a contracting ban on Boeing for launch services, satisfied that the ethical lapses that...

Intelsat to end on-orbit insurance of satellites
Posted: Fri, Mar 4 7:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
Intelsat executives said Thursday that the satellite operator will no longer purchase insurance for its satellites already in orbit, despite recent problems with two existing...

Air Force expected to lift Boeing launch ban
Posted: Fri, Mar 4 7:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
The Air Force is expected to lift as early as Friday a ban on launch vehicle contracts with Boeing, according to media reports. Peter Teets,...