News briefs: November 1
Posted: Fri, Nov 2 10:51 AM ET (1551 GMT)
A committee of the Brazilian Congress approved a treaty Wednesday between Brazil and the US that would permit American launches from a Brazilian facility, but...

Endeavour rolled out under unprecedented security
Posted: Thu, Nov 1 5:24 PM ET (2224 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour was rolled out to the launch pad Wednesday under security precautions not seen before for a shuttle mission. Endeavour was moved...

Mars Odyssey snaps first image
Posted: Thu, Nov 1 3:46 PM ET (2046 GMT)
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has taken its first image of the Red Planet since entering orbit last week. The image of the south polar...

News briefs: October 31
Posted: Thu, Nov 1 11:53 AM ET (1653 GMT)
NASA shut down the Interplanetary Monitoring Platform 8 (IMP 8) spacecraft October 28 after a 28-year mission. The spacecraft, also known as Explorer 50,...

Goldin cautions NASA and Congress about SLI
Posted: Thu, Nov 1 11:29 AM ET (1629 GMT)
Outgoing NASA administrator Dan Goldin warned Congress and some elements of his own space agency Tuesday not to sacrifice the Space Launch Initiative (SLI) to...

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...