Russia delays upcoming ISS missions
Posted: Fri, Aug 9 2:38 PM ET (1838 GMT)
The next two Russian flights to the International Space Station, including a taxi flight whose crew includes pop star Lance Bass, will be delayed by...

News briefs: August 8
Posted: Fri, Aug 9 8:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
A new study has raised questions about the reported discovery earlier this year of a "quark" star. According to a paper submitted to the Astrophysical...

Business briefs: August 8
Posted: Fri, Aug 9 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
Satellite operator Eutelsat plans to acquire the Stellat satellite venture, Space News reported Thursday. Stellat is a joint venture of France Telecom and EuropeStar; France...

Report: hackers acquired sensitive SLI engineering documents
Posted: Thu, Aug 8 8:49 PM ET (0049 GMT)
Hackers broke into a NASA computer system and copied sensitive engineering documents that are part of the Space Launch Initiative (SLI), the computer trade publication...

Status of Bass space flight unclear
Posted: Thu, Aug 8 10:59 AM ET (1459 GMT)
Time may be running out for pop star Lance Bass to arrange the funding he needs to fly on a Soyuz mission this October as...

News briefs: August 7
Posted: Thu, Aug 8 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
NASA's Stardust spacecraft has started collecting interstellar dust grains, project officials reported this week. The spacecraft's particle collector, which traps dust particles in...

News briefs: August 6
Posted: Wed, Aug 7 11:30 AM ET (1530 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that it has selected William Readdy to replace Frederick Gregory as the agency's associate administrator for space flight. Readdy, an astronaut...

News briefs: August 5
Posted: Tue, Aug 6 7:58 AM ET (1158 GMT)
Assembly of the Beagle 2 Mars lander has started in Britain, according to SpaceDaily. The spacecraft is scheduled to be fully assembled and shipped out...

Researchers claim some ALH84001 magnetite formed by bacteria
Posted: Mon, Aug 5 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
A team of scientists has published evidence that one quarter of the magnetite found in Martian meteorite ALH84001 could only have been created organically, the...

News briefs: August 3-4
Posted: Mon, Aug 5 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
EchoStar announced late Friday that it has rescheduled the launch of its EchoStar 8 satellite for August 20. The satellite, a Space Systems/Loral 1300,...