ESA revives Venus Express mission Posted: Mon, Jul 15 8:31 PM ET (0031 GMT) The European Space agency announced Monday that it has restarted Venus Express, a Venus orbiter mission, just a little over a month after the project... Experts say NEO searches need more funding Posted: Mon, Jul 15 8:19 PM ET (0019 GMT) Current efforts to search for near-Earth objects (NEOs) need more funding in order to search for smaller objects as well as research mays to... News briefs: July 13-14 Posted: Mon, Jul 15 10:40 AM ET (1440 GMT) XCOR Aerospace's EZ-Rocket rocket plane achieved another milestone late last week when it performed two flights in one day. The two flights took... Shuttle launches delayed until September Posted: Sat, Jul 13 12:35 PM ET (1635 GMT) The next space shuttle launch will not take place until at least mid-September as engineers figure out the best way to deal with cracks... News briefs: July 12 Posted: Sat, Jul 13 12:16 PM ET (1616 GMT) A Russian rocket launched a spacecraft on a suborbital flight early Friday to test an inflatable reentry system. The Volna rocket launched from a Russian... Business briefs: July 12 Posted: Sat, Jul 13 11:54 AM ET (1554 GMT) Satellite operator PanAmSat reported higher-than-expected profits for its second quarter on Friday. The company reported earnings of $150.8 million (EBITDA) for the... Board endorses Pluto, Europa missions Posted: Fri, Jul 12 8:21 PM ET (0021 GMT) A National Research Council review panel has concluded that spacecraft missions to Pluto and Europa are the highest priority scientific missions NASA can undertake in... Panel recommends changes in space station science Posted: Fri, Jul 12 10:26 AM ET (1426 GMT) An independent panel of scientists released a report on science priorities for the International Space Station this week, but said that assembling the station beyond "... News briefs: July 11 Posted: Fri, Jul 12 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT) The White House formally nominated Frederick Gregory to be the Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday. Gregory, currently associate administrator for space flight, was tapped... Boeing to combine space, military units Posted: Thu, Jul 11 9:07 AM ET (1307 GMT) The Boeing Company announced plans Wednesday to merge its space and military business units into a single entity. The new Integrated Defense Systems unit will... |
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