News briefs: January 14
Posted: Tue, Jan 15 7:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Russia plans to launch 21 rockets from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2002, Rosaviakosmos officials said Monday. Ten of the 21 will be commercial Proton launches,...

News briefs: January 12-13
Posted: Mon, Jan 14 9:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
NASA may cut funding for research into advanced propulsion programs. A note on the web site for NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics (BPP) program said...

Chandra reveals heart of Milky Way
Posted: Mon, Jan 14 8:46 AM ET (1346 GMT)
Images from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory have given astronomers a new look at the active center of the Milky Way galaxy, scientists recently reported....

Mars Odyssey finishes aerobraking
Posted: Sat, Jan 12 10:58 AM ET (1558 GMT)
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft concluded the aerobraking phase of its mission Friday, maneuvering out of the atmosphere close to its final planned orbit. A...

News briefs: January 11
Posted: Sat, Jan 12 10:50 AM ET (1550 GMT)
Rosaviakosmos officials plan to discuss with new NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe the possibility of adding more Russian modules to the ISS, RIA Novosti reported...

News briefs: January 10
Posted: Fri, Jan 11 1:03 PM ET (1803 GMT)
South Korea is planning its first military satellite for launch in 2005, AFP reported this week. The Koreasat-5 spacecraft will be used for both...

Lockheed Martin Space Systems to cut 700 jobs
Posted: Fri, Jan 11 11:19 AM ET (1619 GMT)
Lockheed Martin Space Systems will cut 700 jobs in 2002 as the division accommodates changes in some of its key programs, the company announced Thursday....

News briefs: January 9
Posted: Thu, Jan 10 10:32 AM ET (1532 GMT)
Loral and the US Justice Department have reached a settlement in an investigation into Loral' involvement in a review of a Chinese launch failure in...

Star birth rates may have peaked in early universe
Posted: Thu, Jan 10 8:20 AM ET (1320 GMT)
The early universe may have featured a "torrential firestorm" of star birth unparalleled in the history of the universe, astronomers reported Tuesday. An analysis of...

News briefs: January 8
Posted: Wed, Jan 9 10:22 AM ET (1522 GMT)
The Japanese space agency NASDA is planning to launch a satellite that will be used to track the migration of whales. The 50-kg satellite,...