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Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Tue, Apr 10 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American space tourist docked with the ISS on Monday afternoon. The Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft docked...

Changing albedo may explain Martian global warming
Posted: Mon, Apr 9 2:44 PM ET (1844 GMT)
An increase in temperatures measured in the atmosphere of Mars may be explained by changes in the albedo, or reflectivity, of the planet's surface....

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Sat, Apr 7 4:08 PM ET (2008 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American space tourist lifted off Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a mission to the International...

New Mexico voters approve spaceport tax
Posted: Fri, Apr 6 8:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
Voters in a southern New Mexico county approved this week a tax increase that will be used to help finance the development of a commercial...

Arianespace to launch Optus D3
Posted: Thu, Apr 5 8:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
Arianespace announced Wednesday that it has won a contract to launch a new communications satellite for Australian operator Optus in 2009. Arianespace will use either...

Solar storms disrupt GPS signals
Posted: Thu, Apr 5 8:18 AM ET (1218 GMT)
A solar storm last year created enough radio noise to disrupt signals used by the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation network, scientists announced Wednesday. Powerful...

ATK to acquire Swales Aerospace
Posted: Wed, Apr 4 8:07 AM ET (1207 GMT)
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to acquire Swales Aerospace, a manufacturer of small satellites and subsystems. Terms of the...

Intelsat switches two satellites to Arianespace
Posted: Wed, Apr 4 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
Satellite operator Intelsat has moved the planned launch of two communications satellites from Land Launch to Arianespace to ensure that the spacecraft get into orbit...

Congressmen call for removal of NASA IG
Posted: Wed, Apr 4 7:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
Key Democratic members of the House and Senate this week called for the Bush Administration to remove the inspector general of NASA after a report...

Orbital wins satellite order from Optus
Posted: Fri, Mar 30 8:21 AM ET (1221 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Thursday that it was won an order for commercial communications satellite from Australian company Optus. The Optus D3 satellite will be...



news in brief
House committee opposes proposed NASA budget cuts
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)

Electron launches Japanese cubesats
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)

NASA to launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in September
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)

news links
Wednesday, April 29
PNG court clears the way for Starlink
The Interpreter — 5:20 am ET (0920 GMT)


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