News briefs: March 18
Posted: Tue, Mar 19 10:25 AM ET (1525 GMT)
The Czech Republic has become the first nation to enact a law designed to fight light pollution, SPACE.com reported Monday. The "Protection of the...

Business briefs: March 18
Posted: Tue, Mar 19 10:06 AM ET (1506 GMT)
Lockheed Martin and TRW have submitted bids for the next generation of US government polar orbiting weather satellites, Space News reported Monday. The government will...

News briefs: March 16-17
Posted: Mon, Mar 18 8:17 AM ET (1317 GMT)
Radar observations of the planet Mercury have revealed a large crater on its surface, Sky and Telescope reported. The crater, about 85 km across, looks...

Business briefs: March 16-17
Posted: Mon, Mar 18 8:03 AM ET (1303 GMT)
European leaders endorsed plans to proceed with the Galileo satellite navigation network during a meeting in Barcelona that concluded Saturday. Transport ministers must still meet...

Rockot launches GRACE satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 17 9:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
A Russian Rockot booster successfully launched two science satellites early Sunday. The Rockot blasted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 4:21...

Technicians find blockage in shuttle coolant line
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 8:31 PM ET (0131 GMT)
Shuttle technicians have pinpointed the blockage in a coolant line in the shuttle Columbia, SPACE.com reported Friday. X-ray and ultrasound equipment located the...

High winds delay Rockot launch
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 12:06 PM ET (1706 GMT)
High winds led Russian officials to postpone the launch Saturday of the Rockot booster carrying two NASA earth science satellites. The Rockot was scheduled to...

News briefs: March 15
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:52 AM ET (1652 GMT)
A near-Earth asteroid passed within 450,000 kilometers from the Earth but was not discovered until after its close approach, New Scientist reported Friday....

Business briefs: March 15
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:14 AM ET (1614 GMT)
International Launch Services announced Friday that it completed the first major on-pad test of the first Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 booster this week. The...

Russian group unveils suborbital spacecraft prototype
Posted: Fri, Mar 15 8:07 AM ET (1307 GMT)
A Russian company displayed Thursday a prototype for a proposed suborbital spacecraft that could transport space tourists. The Cosmopolis 21 (C-21), designed by Myasishchev...