O'Keefe starts work at NASA
Posted: Thu, Jan 3 7:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
Sean O'Keefe started work at NASA on Wednesday as the agency's new administrator. O'Keefe was officially sworn in as NASA's 10th...

News briefs: December 31-January 1
Posted: Wed, Jan 2 10:05 AM ET (1505 GMT)
Japan may be considering building a manned spacecraft, according to a report published Tuesday in the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun. The vehicle would take 10-...

UK establishes NEO information center
Posted: Wed, Jan 2 8:13 AM ET (1313 GMT)
The British government announced Tuesday that it will create a center to disseminate information about near-Earth objects (NEOs) and their potential threat to the...

News briefs: December 29-30
Posted: Mon, Dec 31 8:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
The Japanese space agency NASDA is reportedly considering building a manned spacecraft for space tourism ventures, AFP reported Sunday. The NASDA proposal includes building a...

News briefs: December 28
Posted: Sat, Dec 29 12:30 PM ET (1730 GMT)
An object orbiting Uranus has, at least temporarily, lost its designation as a moon. The object, originally designated S/1986 U 10, was discovered in...

Tsiklon launches six communication satellites
Posted: Fri, Dec 28 10:32 AM ET (1532 GMT)
A Tsiklon-3 booster placed six small communications satellites into low Earth orbit early Friday. The Tsiklon-3 lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in...

News briefs: December 27
Posted: Fri, Dec 28 8:18 AM ET (1318 GMT)
NASA is seriously contemplating closing one or more field centers in an effort to cut costs, Florida Today reported Thursday. The Glenn Research Center in...

News briefs: December 22-26
Posted: Thu, Dec 27 7:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
A Tsiklon-3 rocket is scheduled for launch Friday from Plesetsk, RIA Novosti reported Wednesday. The rocket will place six small communications satellites, three military...

News briefs: December 21
Posted: Sat, Dec 22 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
Integral Systems announced Friday that it is acquiring Newpoint Technologies, a New Hampshire developer of satellite and terrestrial network systems. Newpoint will continue to operate...

NASA selects two new Discovery missions
Posted: Fri, Dec 21 10:14 PM ET (0314 GMT)
NASA announced late Friday that it has selected spacecraft to explore two large asteroids and search for extrasolar planets as the next missions in the...