Globalstar reaches debt refinancing deal Posted: Wed, May 22 10:37 AM ET (1437 GMT) Satellite communications company Globalstar announced this week that it reach a deal with bondholders to refinance the company's debt, allowing the company to focus... British astronaut selected for ISS mission Posted: Tue, May 21 8:35 AM ET (1235 GMT) A British astronaut will fly to the International Space Station in 2015, becoming the first official representative of the British government to fly in space.... Bion capsule returns with many dead animals Posted: Tue, May 21 8:18 AM ET (1218 GMT) A capsule carrying plants and animals returned to Earth after a month-long flight, only to find that many of the animals on board had... Mars rover breaks distance record Posted: Sat, May 18 11:02 AM ET (1502 GMT) A nine-year-old Mars rover has broken the NASA record for the longest distance driven on the surface of another world. NASA announced this... ViaSat taps Boeing for next-generation broadband satellite Posted: Fri, May 17 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT) Satellite broadband provider ViaSat announced Thursday that it has selected Boeing to build its next satellite that will provided increases capacity and coverage. Boeing will... Reaction wheel fails on Kepler, putting mission's future in question Posted: Thu, May 16 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT) A second reaction wheel on NASA's Kepler spacecraft has failed, forcing agency officials to consider alternative missions for the exoplanet-hunting spacecraft. NASA reported... Atlas launches GPS satellite Posted: Thu, May 16 7:37 AM ET (1137 GMT) For the first time, an Atlas 5 rocket launched a GPS navigation satellite from Florida on Wednesday afternoon. the Atlas 5 401 lifted off from... Proton launches Eutelsat communications satellite Posted: Wed, May 15 6:47 AM ET (1047 GMT) A Russian Proton rocket successfully launched a communications satellite for European operator Eutelsat on Tuesday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in... Astronomers use new method to discover exoplanet Posted: Wed, May 15 6:32 AM ET (1032 GMT) Astronomers reported this week the discovery of an extrasolar planet using a new approach that makes use in part of the theory of relativity. The... ISS crewmembers return to Earth Posted: Tue, May 14 7:09 AM ET (1109 GMT) American, Canadian, and Russian crewmembers returned to Earth from the International Space Station Monday night, landing safely in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft carrying... |
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