Investment firm acquires Intelsat
Posted: Wed, Jun 20 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
UK private equity firm BC Partners will acquire a majority stake in satellite operator Intelsat in a deal that values the company at just over $...

Atlantis undocks from ISS
Posted: Tue, Jun 19 8:39 PM ET (0039 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station Tuesday morning as its mission winds down. Atlantis undocked from the ISS at 10:42...

SES signs long-term launch contracts
Posted: Tue, Jun 19 8:22 AM ET (1222 GMT)
In an effort to secure slots in increasingly crowded launch manifests, European satellite operator SES Global signed launch agreements for 10 future satellites Monday with...

Arabsat signs deal for two new satellites
Posted: Tue, Jun 19 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
Middle Eastern satellite operator Arabsat will purchase two satellites from a pair of European companies and launch them on European and Russian rockets, the companies...

Final STS-117 spacewalk a success
Posted: Mon, Jun 18 8:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
Two shuttle astronauts completed the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-117 mission on Sunday, putting the final touches on the installation of a...

Eris heavier than Pluto
Posted: Mon, Jun 18 8:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
Planetary scientists have found that the dwarf planet Eris, located in the distant Kuiper Belt, is more massive than Pluto, the former planet that was...

New evidence for past Martian ocean
Posted: Sun, Jun 17 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
A broad flat plain in the northern regions of Mars likely was once home to an ocean of liquid water, scientists reported this week. The...

Cosmonauts get some ISS computers working
Posted: Sat, Jun 16 11:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station, working with engineers on the ground, were able to partially restore key computer systems on the Russian...

Spacewalkers repair shuttle, retract solar panel
Posted: Sat, Jun 16 10:59 AM ET (1459 GMT)
A pair of shuttle astronauts performed an EVA Friday, repairing a thermal blanket on the shuttle and helping complete the retraction of a solar panel...

Atlas launches spysats, places them in wrong orbit
Posted: Fri, Jun 15 9:43 PM ET (0143 GMT)
An Atlas 5 lifted off Friday morning carrying two classified satellites, but apparently placed the spacecraft in the wrong orbit. The Atlas 5 401 lifted...