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Poll: British public concerned about US role in space
Posted: Mon, Mar 1 7:57 PM ET (0057 GMT)
A poll released Monday found that a majority of the British public felt that the US was more interested in increasing its military presence in...

Rosetta launch scheduled for Tuesday
Posted: Mon, Mar 1 2:48 PM ET (1948 GMT)
The Ariane 5 launch of ESA's Rosetta comet mission has been rescheduled for early Tuesday, ESA announced Monday. The launch is scheduled for one...

Report criticizes ISS records, inspections
Posted: Sat, Feb 28 2:36 PM ET (1936 GMT)
A NASA report released Friday identified a number of problems with the International Space Station program, from poorly-kept records to an inability to inspect...

Cassini returns new Saturn image
Posted: Sat, Feb 28 2:21 PM ET (1921 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent back its best image to date of the planet Saturn, around which the spacecraft will enter orbit later this...

Rosetta launch delayed to early next week
Posted: Fri, Feb 27 11:06 AM ET (1606 GMT)
The launch of the ESA's Rosetta comet mission will be delayed until at least Tuesday of next week because of a problem with the...

Suit problem cuts short ISS EVA
Posted: Fri, Feb 27 10:55 AM ET (1555 GMT)
A problem with the cooling system in one spacesuit forced an early end to a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday. Michael Foale...

SES Global invests in Orbcomm
Posted: Thu, Feb 26 5:53 PM ET (2253 GMT)
Satellite operator SES Global announced this week that it has made a strategic investment into Orbcomm, the owner of a communications satellite constellation. SES Global,...

US, EU near agreement on Galileo
Posted: Thu, Feb 26 10:42 AM ET (1542 GMT)
European officials said late Wednesday that the United States and the European Union have nearly finalized an agreement on cooperation between the GPS and Galileo...

Rosetta launch delayed
Posted: Thu, Feb 26 10:28 AM ET (1528 GMT)
The launch of a European mission to a comet has been delayed 24 hours because of high winds at the launch site. The Rosetta spacecraft...

Plans for ISS spacewalk move ahead
Posted: Wed, Feb 25 2:23 PM ET (1923 GMT)
NASA officials said Tuesday that they were going ahead with plans to conduct an EVA outside the International Space Station on Thursday despite recently resurfaced...



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SpaceX launches Indonesia communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Sep 14 4:07 AM ET (0807 GMT)

Soyuz launches Progress cargo spacecraft to ISS
Posted: Sun, Sep 14 4:06 AM ET (0806 GMT)

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