Orbimage reaches bankruptcy deal to permit satellite launch
Posted: Thu, Jan 23 10:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
Satellite remote sensing company Orbital Imaging Corporation (Orbimage) announced Wednesday that it has reached a tentative agreement with its creditors, including Orbital Sciences Corporation, that...

Shuttle mission continues despite cooling glitch
Posted: Thu, Jan 23 7:43 AM ET (1243 GMT)
The crew of the space shuttle Columbia is continuing work on a wide variety of science experiments despite a problem in a cooling system that...

Hughes considering merging PanAmSat with Hughes Network Systems
Updated: Thu, Jan 23 7:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
Originally Posted: Wed, Jan 22 1:54 PM ET (1854 GMT)
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Hughes Electronics may keep satellite operator PanAmSat and merge it with another unit, Hughes Network Systems (HNS). Hughes'...

NASA unveils Educator Astronaut program
Posted: Wed, Jan 22 1:42 PM ET (1842 GMT)
NASA announced on Tuesday a new program to select teachers to become astronauts to fly on future shuttle missions. The Educator Astronaut program will accept...

Senate proposes significant cut in NASA budget
Posted: Wed, Jan 22 10:44 AM ET (1544 GMT)
The US Senate has proposed reducing NASA's 2003 budget by nearly $450 million as part of an across-the-board budget cut. Space News...

ILS picked for Intelsat 10 launch
Posted: Tue, Jan 21 11:46 PM ET (0446 GMT)
Intelsat has picked International Launch Services to launch its next-generation satellite, giving rival Sea Launch a future contract as a consolation prize. Intelsat had...

EchoStar considers sale to News Corporation
Posted: Tue, Jan 21 11:33 PM ET (0433 GMT)
EchoStar, which failed in its bid last year to merge with rival satellite TV provider DirecTV, is reportedly in talks to be acquired by News...

Proton failure blamed on particle contamination
Posted: Mon, Jan 20 9:57 PM ET (0257 GMT)
A commission reviewing the failure of a Proton launch last November has concluded that some kind of particle contamination led to the failure of the...

Wildfires destroy Australian observatory
Posted: Mon, Jan 20 12:39 PM ET (1739 GMT)
Raging brushfires swept through a major Australian observatory over the weekend, destroying telescopes and instruments. The fire, part of a series of brushfires around the...

Shuttle mission continues smoothly
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 6:01 PM ET (2301 GMT)
A variety of experiments on board the shuttle Columbia have kept the crew of mission STS-107 busy, but astronauts report no problems three days...