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Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Thu, Apr 10 9:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and the first South Korean astronaut docked with the ISS Thursday morning. The Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft docked...

Global space economy exceeds $250 billion
Posted: Wed, Apr 9 9:43 AM ET (1343 GMT)
A report released Tuesday concluded that the worldwide space budgets and revenues totaled $251 billion in 2007, an 11-percent increase over 2006. "The Space...

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Tue, Apr 8 9:12 AM ET (1312 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and the first South Korean astronaut lifted off Tuesday on a mission to the International Space Station. A...

Progress undocks from ISS, reenters
Posted: Mon, Apr 7 12:45 PM ET (1645 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Monday, on the eve of the launch of a Soyuz carrying a new crew....

Astrium to acquire SSTL
Posted: Mon, Apr 7 7:46 AM ET (1146 GMT)
Europe's largest satellite manufacturer has announced an agreement to purchase a majority stake in the continent's leading developer of smallsats. EADS Astrium will...

Ares 1 vibration worries eased
Posted: Fri, Apr 4 7:17 AM ET (1117 GMT)
Concerns that the new Ares 1 rocket could suffer from severe vibrations have eased after new analyses have found the problem is not as severe...

ATV docks with ISS
Posted: Thu, Apr 3 8:53 PM ET (0053 GMT)
The European-built Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday morning, making it the first spacecraft other than...

Shuttle retirement to cut thousands of jobs
Posted: Wed, Apr 2 6:42 AM ET (1042 GMT)
The impending retirement of the space shuttle will result in the loss of up to 9,000 jobs at NASA centers, according to a preliminary...

ATV ready for first ISS docking
Posted: Tue, Apr 1 10:03 PM ET (0203 GMT)
After completing a series of demonstration maneuvers in the vicinity of the ISS, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is set to dock with the...

Next shuttle mission rescheduled
Posted: Tue, Apr 1 7:58 AM ET (1158 GMT)
The launch of the next space shuttle mission, STS-124, has been delayed nearly a week to accommodate delays in the processing of the shuttle'...



news in brief
Proton launches Inmarsat satellite
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 6:53 PM ET (2253 GMT)

Obama releases detailed space policy
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 6:39 PM ET (2239 GMT)

KSC closed for tropical storm
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 9:31 AM ET (1331 GMT)

news links
Wednesday, August 20
Destination moon: ISRO's big challenge
NDTV.com — 12:47 pm ET (1647 GMT)
KSC closed for a second straight day
Orlando Sentinel — 12:43 pm ET (1643 GMT)
Spacecraft crash due to test setup, not design flaw
New Scientist — 12:42 pm ET (1642 GMT)


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