News briefs: December 7
Posted: Sat, Dec 8 9:45 AM ET (1445 GMT)
Lockheed Martin announced Friday that it is closing its Global Telecommunications (LMGT) division and laying off up to 650 people. The company cited overcapacity in...

Mars may be undergoing climate change
Posted: Sat, Dec 8 9:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
The planet Mars may warm significantly in the coming centuries, scientists studying data from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft reported this week. Images of...

Endeavour docks with space station
Posted: Fri, Dec 7 6:21 PM ET (2321 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station Friday afternoon. Endeavour docked with the station at 3:03 pm EST (2003 GMT),...

Delta launches two spacecraft
Updated: Fri, Dec 7 1:33 PM ET (1833 GMT)
Originally Posted: Fri, Dec 7 1:32 PM ET (1832 GMT)
A Delta 2 booster successfully launched two science satellites Friday morning. The Delta 2 lifted off on schedule at 10:07 am EST (1507 GMT)...

News briefs: December 6
Posted: Fri, Dec 7 8:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
XM Satellite Radio announced Thursday that it has secured $178 million in additional funding, enough to support the company through 2002. The funding came from...

UK to join ESO, upgrade Jodrell Bank
Posted: Thu, Dec 6 8:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)
Great Britain will become a member nation of the European Southern Observatory next year and also upgrade a leading radio observatory, British and ESO officials...

News briefs: December 5
Posted: Thu, Dec 6 8:12 AM ET (1312 GMT)
Long-duration spaceflight is "inherently hazardous" to human health, a new report concludes. According to SPACE.com, the report by the National Academy of Sciences...

Endeavour lifts off
Posted: Wed, Dec 5 6:29 PM ET (2329 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour launched Wednesday afternoon on a mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 5:...

News briefs: December 4
Posted: Wed, Dec 5 7:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
An adaptive optics system at the European Southern Observatory is now capable of images as sharp as the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers said Tuesday. The...

Weather delays shuttle launch
Posted: Tue, Dec 4 6:56 PM ET (2356 GMT)
The launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was scrubbed Tuesday because of poor weather conditions. NASA had planned to launch the shuttle on mission STS-...