Lockheed completes sale of ILS
Posted: Thu, Oct 12 1:36 PM ET (1736 GMT)
Lockheed Martin has completed the sale of its stake in commercial launch services provider International Launch Services (ILS) as the company begins its latest launch...

ISS gyro shut down
Posted: Thu, Oct 12 8:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
Controllers have turned off a gyroscope on the International Space Station after it showed signs of malfunctioning, a decision that could have implications for both...

Globalstar signs agreement for next-generation satellites
Posted: Wed, Oct 11 8:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
Low Earth orbit communications satellite operator Globalstar announced Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with a European manufacturer to build Globalstar's next generation...

Soyuz switches docking ports on ISS
Posted: Wed, Oct 11 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station boarded a Soyuz spacecraft and took a quick trip from one docking port on the station to another....

Hubble confirms exoplanet around nearby star
Posted: Tue, Oct 10 8:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
Observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of a Jupiter-sized extrasolar planet orbiting a nearby star and have linked it to...

US releases new national space policy
Posted: Mon, Oct 9 8:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
The Bush Administration released late Friday a new national space policy, a document that emphasized the country's need for freedom of access to space....

Eutelsat spacecraft suffers power loss
Posted: Mon, Oct 9 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
A Eutelsat communications satellite has suffered a power loss that will curtail its continued use, the European satellite operator announced Friday. Eurobird 10, which until...

Mars rover, orbiter provide new views of crater
Posted: Sat, Oct 7 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
Complementary images from a long-lived rover and a new orbiter have given scientists a new perspective on a Martian crater. NASA released Friday new...

MetOp launch rescheduled
Posted: Fri, Oct 6 7:31 AM ET (1131 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced Thursday that it has rescheduled the launch of a weather satellite after completing an inspection triggered by a handling incident....

Debris damage found on Atlantis
Posted: Fri, Oct 6 7:25 AM ET (1125 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis suffered a small but significant impact with debris while in orbit last month on the STS-115 mission, NASA revealed this...