Plan to fund Ariane and Soyuz hits obstacle
Posted: Tue, Dec 23 12:04 PM ET (1704 GMT)
A European plan to pay some of the operational costs of the Ariane 5 and build a launch pad at Kourou for the Soyuz launch...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Sun, Dec 21 12:52 PM ET (1752 GMT)
A Boeing Delta 2 rocket successfully launched a GPS satellite early Sunday. The Delta 2 7925-9.5 lifted off from launch complex 17A at...

FCC approves News Corp takeover of DirecTV
Posted: Sat, Dec 20 8:43 AM ET (1343 GMT)
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave its approval late Friday for News Corporation to acquire a controlling stake in satellite TV company DirecTV. On...

Beagle 2 separates from Mars Express
Posted: Fri, Dec 19 1:54 PM ET (1854 GMT)
The British-built Beagle 2 spacecraft successfully separated from ESA's Mars Express spacecraft on Friday, setting the stage for a Christmas Day landing on...

NASA releases first images from, new name for, SIRTF
Posted: Fri, Dec 19 11:37 AM ET (1637 GMT)
NASA on Thursday released the first images taken by its new Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), as well as announcing the telescope's new name....

Boeing releases ethics report
Posted: Fri, Dec 19 8:34 AM ET (1334 GMT)
An independent report released Thursday concluded that recent ethical controversies at aerospace giant Boeing are anomalies and not evidence of a larger problem at the...

Allen revealed as SS1 backer
Posted: Fri, Dec 19 5:32 AM ET (1032 GMT)
Billionaire Paul Allen confirmed late Wednesday that he is the financial supporter of Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne (SS1) vehicle. Allen said in a press release that...

Orbital wins two satellite orders
Posted: Fri, Dec 19 5:10 AM ET (1010 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced late Wednesday that it has received orders for two communications satellites from an Australian company. Optus Networks will buy two small...

Atlas launches Navy communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Dec 18 7:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
An Atlas 3 booster successfully launched the last in a series of Navy communications satellite Wednesday night. The Atlas 3B lifted off from Pad 36B...

SpaceShipOne breaks the sound barrier
Posted: Wed, Dec 17 4:00 PM ET (2100 GMT)
SpaceShipOne (SS1), the suborbital RLV being developed by Scaled Composites, broke the sound barrier on its first powered test flight Wednesday morning. SS1 was released...