Hughes reports smaller loss
Posted: Tue, Apr 15 9:18 PM ET (0118 GMT)
Hughes Electronics, the parent company of satellite television provider DirecTV, reported a loss of $50 million in its fiscal first quarter, far smaller than its...

SIRTF, GALEX, Mars rover launches delayed
Posted: Mon, Apr 14 9:10 PM ET (0110 GMT)
NASA confirmed late Monday that the launch of its SIRTF space telescope would be delayed over a week, and added that a spacecraft problem will...

Leading edge panel damaged during earlier shuttle mission
Posted: Mon, Apr 14 8:55 PM ET (0055 GMT)
The Associated Press reported Monday that internal NASA documents revealed that another shuttle orbiter suffered a serious crack in a critical panel on the leading...

Russia considering additional funding for ISS
Posted: Sun, Apr 13 10:24 PM ET (0224 GMT)
Russian president Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Russia will consider providing additional support for the International Space Station beyond building additional spacecraft. Putin, speaking on...

Atlas launches communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 12 12:42 AM ET (0442 GMT)
An Atlas 3B booster successfully launched an Asian communications satellite Friday night. The Atlas 3B lifted off from pad 36B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, at...

NASA selects landing sites for Mars rovers
Posted: Fri, Apr 11 7:01 PM ET (2301 GMT)
NASA has chosen a crater that may have once hosted a lake and an outcropping of hematite as the landing sites for the agency's...

Report: SIRTF launch delayed
Posted: Fri, Apr 11 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)
NASA plans to delay the launch of the SIRTF infrared telescope by about a week to allow for further reviews of the Delta 2 launch...

Boeing to take billion-dollar charge
Posted: Fri, Apr 11 9:53 AM ET (1353 GMT)
The Boeing Company announced late Thursday that it will take a charge of $1.2 billion in the fiscal first quarter to account for a "...

Weather delays Atlas launch
Posted: Thu, Apr 10 11:04 PM ET (0304 GMT)
Cloud cover and shifting strong upper-level winds forced the postponement Thursday night of an Atlas launch of a commercial communications satellite. The Atlas 3B...

Arianespace, ILS announce launch contracts
Posted: Thu, Apr 10 8:32 PM ET (0032 GMT)
Arianespace and International Launch Services (ILS) each announced this week that it has signed contracts for communications satellite launches. Arianespace announced Wednesday that it has...