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Mars images show evidence for Soviet-era lander
Posted: Fri, Apr 12 10:35 AM ET (1435 GMT)
Space enthusiasts coming through images from a NASA orbiter have found evidence of what they believe is a 1970s Soviet spacecraft that lost contact immediately...

NASA $17.7-billion budget proposal calls for 2014 includes asteroid mission work
Posted: Thu, Apr 11 9:27 AM ET (1327 GMT)
The Obama Administration released its fiscal year 2014 budget proposal on Wednesday, requesting $17.7 billion for NASA and including funding to begin work on...

RADARSAT-1 malfunctions
Posted: Thu, Apr 11 9:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
A Canadian radar imaging satellite that has long exceeded its planned lifetime has malfunctioned and may not be recovered, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) reported...

Boeing announces smallsat product line
Posted: Tue, Apr 9 7:06 AM ET (1106 GMT)
Boeing unveiled Monday a new line of small satellites, some as small as 4 kilograms, designed for civil and military customers. The Phantom Phoenix spacecraft...

Antares rocket rolled to launch pad
Posted: Mon, Apr 8 6:14 AM ET (1014 GMT)
The first Antares rocket moved to its Virginia launch pad early Saturday in preparation for its launch later this month. The Antares rocket rolled horizontally...

NASA selects exoplanet mission, ISS astrophysics experiment
Posted: Sun, Apr 7 10:04 AM ET (1404 GMT)
NASA announced Friday that is has selected a spacecraft mission to search for extrasolar planets and an astrophysics experiment to be installed on the International...

Senator: NASA budget proposal to include asteroid retreival mission
Posted: Sat, Apr 6 12:03 PM ET (1603 GMT)
A key member of the US Senate said Friday that the White House's 2014 budget proposal due out next week will include funding to...

ISS experiment detects potential evidence for dark matter
Posted: Thu, Apr 4 6:59 AM ET (1059 GMT)
A billion-dollar experiment mounted on the International Space Station has detected evidence for dark matter, although scientists caution that there are other explanations for...

Intelsat announces IPO plans
Posted: Wed, Apr 3 7:08 AM ET (1108 GMT)
Intelsat, one of the world's largest commercial satellite operators, said Tuesday it was moving ahead with plans to raise over half a billion dollars...

Globalstar wins debt deal extension
Posted: Tue, Apr 2 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
Satellite communications company Globalstar said Monday it had reached a deal with creditors on a two-week extension to restructure the company's debt, avoiding...



news in brief
Crew-12 launches to ISS
Posted: Sun, Feb 15 10:57 AM ET (1557 GMT)

Axiom Space raises $350 million
Posted: Sun, Feb 15 10:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)

First Ariane 64 launches Amazon Leo satellites
Posted: Sun, Feb 15 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)

news links
Friday, February 20
Firefly Alpha to resume flights as soon as Feb. 27
Austin (TX) American-Statesman — 6:18 am ET (1118 GMT)
UK-backed space weather mission sets sail for launch site
UK Space Agency — 6:17 am ET (1117 GMT)
How we protected the UK and space in January 2026
UK Space Agency — 6:14 am ET (1114 GMT)


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