Intelsat wins FCC approval for Loral deal
Posted: Fri, Feb 13 10:35 AM ET (1535 GMT)
The FCC announced Thursday that it has approval a plan by Intelsat to purchase several satellites from Loral. The FCC signed off on a plan...

Aldridge commission warns on sustainability, budget
Posted: Thu, Feb 12 12:10 PM ET (1710 GMT)
The commission examining the implementation of President Bush's space plan said that sustaining the proposed initiative for two decades or more is the biggest...

Beagle 2 declared lost
Posted: Thu, Feb 12 10:34 AM ET (1534 GMT)
The British government and ESA will begin an investigation into the Beagle 2 lander, which project officials have declared lost after failing to contact Earth...

South Korea to send astronaut to ISS on Soyuz
Posted: Wed, Feb 11 6:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
South Korea will purchase a seat on a future Soyuz ISS mission for its first astronaut, Russian officials said Wednesday. South Korea and Russia have...

NASA defends decision to cancel HST servicing mission
Posted: Tue, Feb 10 6:51 AM ET (1151 GMT)
NASA officials on Monday defended the agency's decision last month to cancel the final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope despite a large...

Shuttle return-to-flight costs exceed $400 million
Posted: Mon, Feb 9 8:40 PM ET (0140 GMT)
The total cost of returning the space shuttle fleet to service after the Columbia accident last year will top $400 million, over $100 million more...

Spirit drills hole in Mars rock
Posted: Mon, Feb 9 11:32 AM ET (1632 GMT)
The NASA Mars rover Spirit drilled the first "planned" hole in a Martian rock over the weekend as it and its twin rover continued their...

Unknown object floats away from ISS
Posted: Sun, Feb 8 1:25 PM ET (1825 GMT)
An unidentified object floated away from the International Space Station last week but should not pose a risk to the station, according to a report...

Reports conclude Hubble mission not unsafe
Posted: Sat, Feb 7 11:09 AM ET (1609 GMT)
NASA's decision to cancel a shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope cannot be justified on safety grounds alone, according an anonymous engineer'...

EU selects finalists to operate Galileo system
Posted: Sat, Feb 7 10:58 AM ET (1558 GMT)
The European Union has selected three consortia as finalists to manage the deployment and operation of the Galileo satellite navigation system. The EU announced Friday...