Lockheed wins GPS 3
Posted: Fri, May 16 6:30 AM ET (1030 GMT)
Lockheed Martin has won a contract worth nearly $1.5 billion to develop the first block of next-generation GPS satellites. The Air Force awarded...

Thales, Orbital share Koreasat 6 contract
Posted: Fri, May 16 6:12 AM ET (1012 GMT)
Thales Alenia Space and Orbital Sciences Corporation will work together to build a Korean communications satellite, the two companies announced Wednesday. Thales Alenia will serve...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Thu, May 15 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station early Thursday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at...

Phoenix ready for Mars landing
Posted: Thu, May 15 6:33 AM ET (1033 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is set to land on the surface of the Red Planet next weekend, project officials said this week. Phoenix will...

Astrium revenue up on Ariane, Paradigm work
Posted: Thu, May 15 6:15 AM ET (1015 GMT)
The Astrium division of European aerospace company EADS reported higher revenues and profits in the first quarter of 2008 on Wednesday thanks to launch vehicle...

Canada confirms decision to block ATK-MDA deal
Posted: Sat, May 10 11:20 AM ET (1520 GMT)
The Canadian government announced Friday that it was upholding a decision made a month earlier blocking the purchase of the space unit of a Canadian...

ORBCOMM awards contract for next-generation satellites
Posted: Thu, May 8 7:10 AM ET (1110 GMT)
Satellite communications company ORBCOMM announced Wednesday that it has signed a contract with a Colorado-based microsatellite manufacturer for a new generation of satellites to...

GIOVE-B sends first signals
Posted: Thu, May 8 6:50 AM ET (1050 GMT)
Europe's second experimental navigation satellite transmitted its first signals on Wednesday. The Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element B (GIOVE-B), launched late last month,...

Discovery moved to launch pad
Posted: Sat, May 3 8:31 PM ET (0031 GMT)
NASA moved the space shuttle Discovery to the launch pad Saturday morning in advance of its mission to the International Space Station scheduled for late...

Hubble servicing mission delayed
Posted: Fri, May 2 7:35 AM ET (1135 GMT)
A shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed at least four weeks because of production delays with the shuttle's external...