Orbital wins contract to refurbish missiles into launch vehicles
Posted: Thu, Jan 30 2:10 PM ET (1910 GMT)
The Defense Department awarded Orbital Sciences Corporation a contract Wednesday worth up to $237.9 million for converting retired missiles into orbital and suborbital launch...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Wed, Jan 29 8:59 PM ET (0159 GMT)
A Delta 2 successfully launched an Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and a technology demonstration microsatellite Wednesday afternoon. The Boeing Delta 2 7925-...

CNES president resigns
Posted: Wed, Jan 29 8:41 PM ET (0141 GMT)
The head of the French space agency CNES announced Wednesday that he planned to resign because of a perceived lack of support from the French...

AOL sells Hughes shares
Posted: Wed, Jan 29 1:32 PM ET (1832 GMT)
Media conglomerate AOL Time Warner has sold its stake in Hughes Electronics, owner of satellite TV provider DirecTV and majority shareholder of satellite operator PanAmSat,...

X Prize adds four new teams
Posted: Tue, Jan 28 8:21 PM ET (0121 GMT)
The X Prize, a suborbital space tourism competition, officially announced this week that four new teams have been accepted for the $10 million contest. The...

Shuttle mission enters home stretch
Posted: Tue, Jan 28 8:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
The crew of the space shuttle Columbia continued work on dozens of experiments as STS-107 approached the final days of its mission. Some of...

Study links impacts with volcanism
Posted: Tue, Jan 28 8:29 AM ET (1329 GMT)
Columbia University scientists believe that major asteroid and comet impacts on the Earth may trigger periods of intense volcanic activity. The study, published in this...

Lockheed Martin reports increased space sales in 2002
Posted: Mon, Jan 27 11:41 PM ET (0441 GMT)
Lockheed Martin's space systems unit reported increased sales and profits in 2002 over 2001, the company announced last week. The Space Systems unit reported...

New UK space policy emphasizes scientific, commercial use of space
Posted: Sun, Jan 26 7:04 PM ET (0004 GMT)
The British government issued a new space policy last week that called for increased scientific and commercial uses of space and also rejected a more...

Companies back off from plans to acquire Eutelsat
Posted: Sun, Jan 26 6:37 PM ET (2337 GMT)
US-based satellite communications companies Intelsat and PanAmSat have reportedly backed off from plans to acquire European operator Eutelsat, with one of the suitors blaming...