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Beagle 2 crash site said found
Posted: Tue, Dec 20 8:24 AM ET (1324 GMT)
Officials with the failed Beagle 2 Mars lander mission said Monday that they believe they have spotted the site where the spacecraft crashed on the...

Falcon 1 launch postponed
Posted: Mon, Dec 19 7:57 PM ET (0057 GMT)
The inaugural launch of SpaceX's Falcon 1 small launch vehicle has been delayed until early 2006 because of a problem with the rocket. The...

New Horizons launch pushed back
Posted: Mon, Dec 19 7:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
The launch of New Horizons, a NASA mission to Pluto, has been postponed nearly a week to allow extra time to inspect the spacecraft's...

First Galileo satellite launch delayed
Posted: Mon, Dec 19 7:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
The launch of the first satellite in Europe's planned Galileo satellite navigation system has been delayed because of problems unrelated to the satellite, ESA...

NASA to remove foam ramp from shuttle tank
Posted: Fri, Dec 16 8:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
Shuttle managers announced Thursday that NASA has decided to remove a problematic foam ramp from the space shuttle's external tank, a decision that could...

Large Kuiper Belt object discovered
Posted: Fri, Dec 16 7:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week that they have discovered a large Kuiper Belt Object with an unusual orbit. An international team of astronomers discovered the object,...

SES to buy New Skies
Posted: Wed, Dec 14 1:47 PM ET (1847 GMT)
Satellite operator SES Global announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire rival New Skies Satellites in a deal valued at over $1 billion. Under...

Hayabusa return delayed
Posted: Wed, Dec 14 8:23 AM ET (1323 GMT)
Japan's Hayabusa space probe will delay its return to Earth by three years because of ongoing thruster problems with the spacecraft. Hayabusa, still in...

Virgin Galactic to establish operations in New Mexico
Posted: Wed, Dec 14 8:15 AM ET (1315 GMT)
Suborbital space tourism operator Virgin Galactic announced plans Tuesday to conduct flights from a new spaceport in New Mexico. The agreement between Virgin and New...

Aurorae spotted on Mars
Posted: Tue, Dec 13 8:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
A reanalysis of data from a NASA mission has turned up evidence of hundreds of auroral events at Mars, scientists said Monday. Researchers at the...



news in brief
NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch two science missions
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)


Perseverance Mars rover finds more potential biosignatures
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)

news links
Saturday, June 27
Cosmic Storms Shaped the First Stars in the Universe
Academia Sinica — 8:32 pm ET (0032 GMT)
RAS Fellow awarded 2026 Carl Sagan Medal
Royal Astronomical Society — 8:29 pm ET (0029 GMT)
Bow-and-arrow-shaped radio galaxy discovered by citizen scientist
Royal Astronomical Society — 8:29 pm ET (0029 GMT)


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