MRO enters "precautionary" mode
Posted: Thu, Feb 26 7:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft put itself into a safe mode this week after its main computer unexpectedly rebooted, JPL announced late Wednesday....

China to launch Eutelsat spacecraft
Posted: Wed, Feb 25 8:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
China has won a contract to launch a European communications satellite, the Wall Street Journal reported in its Wednesday edition. The unspecified Eutelsat spacecraft is...

OCO launch fails
Updated: Tue, Feb 24 2:56 PM ET (1956 GMT)
Originally Posted: Tue, Feb 24 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
The launch of a satellite designed to monitor carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere apparently failed early Tuesday when the rocket's payload fairing...

Report: North Korea planning satellite launch
Posted: Tue, Feb 24 6:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
The government of North Korea has announced plans to place a satellite into orbit in the immediate future. According to reports by the government news...

Shuttle launch postponed
Posted: Sat, Feb 21 10:30 AM ET (1530 GMT)
NASA announced late Friday night that it has postponed once again the launch of the shuttle Discovery in order to resolve outstanding issues with a...

Orbital reports record revenues and income in 2008
Posted: Fri, Feb 20 7:48 AM ET (1248 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation had a record year in 2008 in terms of revenue and operating income, but the company reduced its projections slightly for 2009....

NASA and ESA agree on Jupiter moons mission
Posted: Thu, Feb 19 8:13 AM ET (1313 GMT)
The space agencies of the US and Europe have agreed to cooperate on the development of a multibillion-dollar mission to Jupiter's giant moons....

Dawn flies past Mars
Posted: Thu, Feb 19 8:00 AM ET (1300 GMT)
NASA's Dawn mission flew past Mars late Tuesday on its way to the asteroid belt. The spacecraft passed 550 kilometers from the surface of...

Liberty loan keeps Sirius XM out of bankruptcy
Posted: Wed, Feb 18 7:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Liberty Media and Sirius XM Radio reached an agreement Tuesday on a $530-million loan designed to keep the satellite radio company out of bankruptcy....

Texas fireball not linked to satellite collision
Posted: Tue, Feb 17 7:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
A brilliant fireball that streaked across Texas on Sunday was not created by debris from a satellite collision last week, according to military officials who...