News briefs: October 30
Posted: Wed, Oct 31 9:26 AM ET (1426 GMT)
NASA has scheduled a press conference for Friday afternoon to release a report by an independent commission studying the International Space Station program. The panel,...

Soyuz undocks from station, returns to Earth
Posted: Wed, Oct 31 9:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and one Frenchwoman undocked from the International Space Station Tuesday night and safely returned to Earth several hours later....

Report: Lockheed Martin to terminate Astrolink project
Posted: Tue, Oct 30 1:21 PM ET (1821 GMT)
Lockheed Martin will shut down its multi-billion dollar Astrolink satellite program, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The Journal article claimed that Lockheed Martin...

News briefs: October 29
Posted: Tue, Oct 30 8:13 AM ET (1313 GMT)
The number of launches in the first half of 2001 fell by 27 percent over the same period last year, a Teal Group study released...

EchoStar wins bidding for Hughes Electronics
Posted: Tue, Oct 30 12:11 AM ET (0511 GMT)
Direct television broadcasting company EchoStar announced Monday that it had come to terms with General Motors to acquire Hughes Electronics and its DirecTV subsidiary for...

Mars Odyssey slows aerobraking, delays first image
Posted: Mon, Oct 29 9:10 AM ET (1410 GMT)
Mars Odyssey mission controllers have slowed down the beginning of the aerobraking phase of the spacecraft's mission and have delayed the first image taken...

News briefs: October 27-28
Posted: Sun, Oct 28 7:55 PM ET (0055 GMT)
Former astronaut Gene Cernan survived a helicopter accident in the Czech Republic without injury Sunday, the AP reported. Cernan was in a helicopter with Czech...

Mars Odyssey begins aerobraking
Posted: Sun, Oct 28 9:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft started the aerobraking phase of its mission late Friday, skimming through the upper fringes of the Martian atmosphere. The spacecraft...

News briefs: October 26
Posted: Sat, Oct 27 9:55 AM ET (1355 GMT)
The partner nations of the International Space Station project were given the 2001 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation Friday in a ceremony in...

Russia launches Molniya satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 26 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)
A Russian Molniya-M booster launched a military communications satellite Thursday. The booster lifted off from the Plestsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 7:34...