Orbital wins satellite order
Posted: Wed, Aug 31 8:49 AM ET (1249 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation has won a contract to build a communications satellite for a US-Japanese joint venture, the satellite manufacturer announced Tuesday. The Horizons-...

China launches science satellite
Posted: Tue, Aug 30 8:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
For the second time in less than a month China has launched a recoverable science satellite, the same day as a similar spacecraft returned to...

Intelsat to acquire PanAmSat
Posted: Mon, Aug 29 7:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
Intelsat announced early Monday that it has reached an agreement to acquire rival communications satellite operator PanAmSat for $3.2 billion. Under the agreement, Intelsat...

Hurricane threatens shuttle tank facility
Posted: Mon, Aug 29 7:18 AM ET (1118 GMT)
A powerful hurricane headed for New Orleans threatens to damage the plant where the space shuttle's external tanks are built. Hurricane Katrina is expected...

Russia launches small remote sensing satellite
Posted: Sun, Aug 28 8:50 PM ET (0050 GMT)
A Rockot launcher successfully placed a small remote sensing satellite into orbit late Friday. The Rockot lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...

Dnepr launches Japanese satellites
Posted: Wed, Aug 24 12:48 PM ET (1648 GMT)
A converted Russian ICBM successfully launched two Japanese satellites late Tuesday. The Dnepr lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:10 pm...

Intelsat considers buying New Skies
Posted: Sat, Aug 20 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)
Satellite operator Intelsat is considering acquiring smaller rival New Skies, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The Journal, citing industry sources, said Intelsat was considering...

ISS crew conducts spacewalk
Posted: Fri, Aug 19 8:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
The two-man crew of the International Space Station performed a spacewalk outside the orbiting outpost Thursday night. Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips spent nearly...

Next shuttle launch delayed to March
Posted: Fri, Aug 19 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)
In a widely-anticipated move, NASA announced Thursday that it would delay the next shuttle mission until March 2006 to give the agency more time...

Panel members criticize NASA return to flight work
Posted: Thu, Aug 18 8:48 AM ET (1248 GMT)
Several members of a task force charged with evaluating NASA's effort to return the space shuttle flight believe the agency has yet to solve...