Weather delays Delta 4 launch Posted: Fri, May 16 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT) Poor weather conditions scrubbed the planned launch of a GPS satellite on a Delta 4 rocket Thursday. The Delta 4 Medium-Plus (4,2) rocker... Russian official announces space-related sanctions regarding ISS, RD-180 Posted: Wed, May 14 7:23 AM ET (1123 GMT) A top Russian official announced Tuesday that his government was taking several space-related measures in response to American sanctions, although it was not immediately... Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan Posted: Wed, May 14 7:12 AM ET (1112 GMT) A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three International Space Station crewmembers touched down on the steppes of Kazakhstan Thursday morning. The Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft landed at... AT&T in talks to acquire DirecTV Posted: Tue, May 13 7:01 AM ET (1101 GMT) AT&T is in negotiations to acquire direct-to-home television company DirecTV in a deal valued as large as $50 billion, according to news... KT Sat to buy two satellites from Thales Alenia Posted: Tue, May 13 6:48 AM ET (1048 GMT) Thales Alenis Space has won a contract to build two communications satellite for Korean operator KT Sat, the companies announced Monday. Both Koreasat-5A and... SpaceX postpones ORBCOMM launch Posted: Sat, May 10 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT) SpaceX has postponed a launch that had been scheduled for Saturday of six small commercial communications satellites because of an unspecified launch vehicle issue. The... House committee approves $17.9 billion budget for NASA Posted: Sat, May 10 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT) The House Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill Thursday that would give NASA $17.9 billion in fiscal year 2015, more than $400 million above... Judge lifts injunction on RD-180 purchases Posted: Fri, May 9 7:21 AM ET (1121 GMT) A federal court judge removed on Thursday an injunction filed last week that prevented the federal government or United Launch Alliance from making payments to... British planetary scientist Colin Pillinger dies Posted: Fri, May 9 7:11 AM ET (1111 GMT) Colin Pillinger, a planetary scientist who led an ill-fated British Mars lander mission more than a decade ago, died this week at age 70.... Astronomers create "realistic" simulation of universe on a supercomputer Posted: Thu, May 8 6:09 AM ET (1009 GMT) Astronomers announced this week that they have created, for the first time, a realistic model of the formation of the universe on a supercomputer. The... |
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