Report: NASA cancels Mars telecom orbiter mission
Posted: Fri, Jul 22 10:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
NASA has cancelled plans to build a communications satellite that would orbit Mars and serve as a relay for future missions, a Denver newspaper reported...

Astrium wins SES Astra satellite contract
Posted: Fri, Jul 22 10:25 AM ET (1425 GMT)
European satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium announced Thursday that it won a contract from satellite operator SES Astra to build a new communications satellite. Astrium will...

Orbital reports drop in net income
Posted: Fri, Jul 22 10:16 AM ET (1416 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation had a drop in its net income even as revenues and operating income remained steady, the company announced Wednesday. In its fiscal...

NASA reschedules STS-114 launch for July 26
Posted: Thu, Jul 21 10:32 AM ET (1432 GMT)
Shuttle managers said late Wednesday that they think they have tracked down the cause of a sensor glitch that postponed last week's scheduled launch...

Maneuver keeps options open for Deep Impact
Posted: Thu, Jul 21 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft performed a maneuver Thursday that allows mission managers to keep options open for an extended mission. The trajectory correction maneuver...

PanAmSat acquires Europe*Star
Posted: Wed, Jul 20 2:07 PM ET (1807 GMT)
Commercial satellite operator PanAmSat announced Tuesday that it has acquired rival operator Europe*Star, giving the US-based company an increased presence in Europe and...

ISS crew moves Soyuz
Posted: Tue, Jul 19 9:24 PM ET (0124 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station took a brief flight in their Soyuz spacecraft Tuesday, moving the vehicle from one docking port to another...

Next Tuesday earliest launch date for shuttle
Posted: Tue, Jul 19 8:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
Shuttle managers said late Monday that the next launch attempt for the shuttle Discovery will take place no earlier than Tuesday, July 26, with no...

Shuttle launch pushed back to late next week
Posted: Fri, Jul 15 8:08 PM ET (0008 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said Friday that it will be late next week at the earliest — and quite possibly much later — before they will...

Fire threatens Arizona observatory
Posted: Fri, Jul 15 8:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
A wildfire in the Arizona mountains south of Tucson is threatening a major observatory. The "Florida" fire, named after the mountain peak where the fire...