French government plans CNES audit
Posted: Sun, Oct 27 11:03 AM ET (1603 GMT)
The French government plans to create a commission to examine the CNES space agency after many of the agency's employees called for the resignation...

Orbital reports profit, wins satellite contract
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:26 PM ET (0026 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation reported a profit in its fiscal third quarter on Friday, and won a commercial communications satellite contract one day later. Orbital reported...

Astronomers use new technique to discover small exoplanet
Posted: Fri, Oct 25 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week that they have used a new technique to find the smallest extrasolar planet discovered to date. The astronomers, from the University...

NASA planning crew transfer vehicle for ISS
Posted: Thu, Oct 24 9:38 PM ET (0138 GMT)
NASA is actively considering developing a crew transfer vehicle (CTV) that would be launched on an expendable vehicle to carry astronauts to and from the...

ISS radiation shielding not as good as hoped
Posted: Thu, Oct 24 9:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
Upgraded radiation shielding on the International Space Station is not working as well as expected, New Scientist reported Wednesday. According to the report, radiation levels...

Ariane 5 launch pushed back
Posted: Wed, Oct 23 7:52 PM ET (2352 GMT)
The first launch of an upgraded version of the Ariane 5 booster has been delayed from early to late November, Arianespace announced this week. The...

NASA delays SLI review
Posted: Tue, Oct 22 8:10 PM ET (0010 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that it has delayed a key milestone in the Space Launch Initiative as the agency works to revamp the program. NASA had...

Molniya launch delayed, Soyuz launch rescheduled for October 29
Posted: Tue, Oct 22 2:39 PM ET (1839 GMT)
Russian officials said that the launch of a Molniya-M booster, scheduled for Tuesday, has been delayed an unspecified amount of time while the investigation...

Report recommends shuttle privatization
Posted: Mon, Oct 21 8:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
A report commissioned by NASA suggests that the agency further privatize shuttle operations, including possibly transferring ownership of the orbiters to a private corporation or...

Students to participate in Mars rover missions
Posted: Sun, Oct 20 6:56 PM ET (2256 GMT)
The Planetary Society announced last week that students will have an opportunity to join scientists involved with the twin Mars Exploration Rovers scheduled for launch...