Most major space backers in Congress win reelection
Posted: Wed, Nov 3 8:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)
Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives who hold key positions on space-related committees won reelection Tuesday night, with the exception of...

DirecTV writes off satellites
Posted: Tue, Nov 2 8:06 PM ET (0106 GMT)
Satellite TV operator DirecTV announced Tuesday that it was writing off most of the value of two satellite originally planned for a broadband Internet service....

UK Parliament blames funding for Beagle 2 failure
Posted: Tue, Nov 2 7:49 PM ET (0049 GMT)
A committee of the British House of Commons concluded that a lack of sufficient funding in critical phases of the Beagle 2 mission make it...

China reveals Shenzhou plans
Posted: Mon, Nov 1 8:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
China plans to launch its next manned spacecraft next year, sending two people on a five-day mission, Chinese media reported Monday. The Shenzhou 6...

NASA considers trimming shuttle schedule
Posted: Sat, Oct 30 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)
NASA managers confirmed Friday that they are looking at ways to reduce the number of shuttle flights currently planned to complete the International Space Station....

Russia launches communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Oct 30 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched a Russian communications satellite early Saturday. The Proton-K booster lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 6:11 pm EDT...

Cassini radar peers through Titan clouds
Posted: Fri, Oct 29 8:54 PM ET (0054 GMT)
Radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed that the surface of the moon Titan is complex and relatively young, scientists said Friday. Radar...

Boeing space unit reports 3rd-quarter loss
Posted: Fri, Oct 29 8:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
Boeing's space unit reported another loss in its fiscal third quarter, the company announced Wednesday. The Launch and Orbital Systems unit of Boeing Integrated...

DART launch postponed again
Posted: Thu, Oct 28 1:50 PM ET (1750 GMT)
The launch of a NASA technology demonstration satellite has been postponed until at least the middle of next week because of contamination found in its...

Soyuz 2 inaugural launch delayed
Posted: Thu, Oct 28 1:43 PM ET (1743 GMT)
The first launch of the upgraded Soyuz 2 rocket has been delayed because of a software glitch, Russian media reported Thursday. The Soyuz 2 rocket...