News briefs: March 7
Posted: Fri, Mar 8 7:36 AM ET (1236 GMT)
SES Global announced Thursday that it was canceling orders for two more satellites, Space News reported. The two satellites, GE 3i and GE 4i, were...

Panel raises questions about long-term NASA safety
Posted: Fri, Mar 8 7:22 AM ET (1222 GMT)
A safety panel warned that, while the safety of NASA programs is good today, reforms are needed to prevent safety from becoming a major problem...

Business briefs: March 7
Posted: Fri, Mar 8 6:43 AM ET (1143 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation posted an operating loss of $53 million in 2001, far better than its $165 million loss in 2000, according to a financial...

Astronauts install new Hubble camera
Posted: Thu, Mar 7 1:52 PM ET (1852 GMT)
Shuttle astronauts performed the fourth Hubble Space Telescope repair spacewalk Thursday morning, replacing the last of the observatory's original instruments with a new camera....

Report: former NASA official latest space tourist candidate
Posted: Thu, Mar 7 8:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
Former NASA associate administrator Lori Garver is the latest name to surface in the race to be the third commercial space tourist, SPACE.com reported...

Third Shenzhou launch expected soon
Posted: Thu, Mar 7 7:43 AM ET (1243 GMT)
Chinese officials said Wednesday that "final preparations" are underway for the third test flight of the Shenzhou spacecraft, AFP reported. The AFP article cited statements...

News briefs: March 6
Posted: Thu, Mar 7 7:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)
Boeing received $336 million from the US Air Force Wednesday to build two military communications satellites. The Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS) program will use Boeing...

FUSE spacecraft resumes operations
Posted: Thu, Mar 7 7:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spacecraft has resumed scientific operations for the first time since it went into safe mode in December, NASA...

Shuttle astronauts complete third critical Hubble EVA
Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2:43 PM ET (1943 GMT)
Shuttle astronauts successfully performed the equivalent of a “heart transplant” on the Hubble Space Telescope Wednesday morning, swapping out a power control unit on the...

First Atlas 5 launch delayed a month
Posted: Wed, Mar 6 7:58 AM ET (1258 GMT)
The first launch of the Atlas 5 will be delayed at least a month because of payload problems, Space News reported Tuesday. The Atlas 5...