Russia rejects space tourist bid
Posted: Sat, Aug 21 9:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
Officials with the Russian space agency announced Friday that a Russian millionaire will not fly as a space tourist on an October Soyuz flight to...

Loral submits reorganization plan
Posted: Fri, Aug 20 10:36 AM ET (1436 GMT)
Satellite operator and manufacturer Loral announced Thursday that it has submitted a reorganization plan that will allow the company to exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

Spirit finds more evidence of Mars water
Posted: Thu, Aug 19 10:13 AM ET (1413 GMT)
The NASA Mars rover Spirit has found additional evidence that water once flowed through and altered the rocks in Gusev Crater, project scientists said Wednesday....

Russian space tourist may not fly
Posted: Wed, Aug 18 9:37 PM ET (0137 GMT)
Efforts by a Russian businessman to fly on a Soyuz flight to the ISS this fall are on the verge of failure, Interfax reported Wednesday....

Stellar observations date Milky Way
Posted: Wed, Aug 18 9:29 PM ET (0129 GMT)
Observations of two stars in a nearby globular cluster have allowed astronomers to compute the most accurate age of the Milky Way to date. Italian...

Cassini discovers two small moons
Posted: Tue, Aug 17 1:16 PM ET (1716 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered two small moons around the planet Saturn, scientists said Monday. The two moons, provisionally named S/2004 S1 and...

Intelsat accepts buyout bid
Posted: Mon, Aug 16 6:35 PM ET (2235 GMT)
Intelsat, the world's second-largest satellite operator, announced Monday that it has accepted a buyout offer with a total value of $5 billion from...

Report: four firms to buy Intelsat
Posted: Mon, Aug 16 10:31 AM ET (1431 GMT)
Four private equity firms have teamed together to put together a $3 billion bid for satellite operator Intelsat, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The...

Canadian Arrow drop tests spacecraft
Posted: Mon, Aug 16 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
A Canadian entrant in the Ansari X Prize competition successfully drop-tested its passenger capsule in the waters off Toronto on Saturday. Canadian Arrow dropped...

India contemplates manned spaceflight
Posted: Sat, Aug 14 11:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
The head of India's space agency said this week that his country could mount a manned orbital spaceflight by early next decade, if the...