News briefs: March 16-17
Posted: Mon, Mar 18 8:17 AM ET (1317 GMT)
Radar observations of the planet Mercury have revealed a large crater on its surface, Sky and Telescope reported. The crater, about 85 km across, looks...

Business briefs: March 16-17
Posted: Mon, Mar 18 8:03 AM ET (1303 GMT)
European leaders endorsed plans to proceed with the Galileo satellite navigation network during a meeting in Barcelona that concluded Saturday. Transport ministers must still meet...

Rockot launches GRACE satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 17 9:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
A Russian Rockot booster successfully launched two science satellites early Sunday. The Rockot blasted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 4:21...

Technicians find blockage in shuttle coolant line
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 8:31 PM ET (0131 GMT)
Shuttle technicians have pinpointed the blockage in a coolant line in the shuttle Columbia, SPACE.com reported Friday. X-ray and ultrasound equipment located the...

High winds delay Rockot launch
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 12:06 PM ET (1706 GMT)
High winds led Russian officials to postpone the launch Saturday of the Rockot booster carrying two NASA earth science satellites. The Rockot was scheduled to...

News briefs: March 15
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:52 AM ET (1652 GMT)
A near-Earth asteroid passed within 450,000 kilometers from the Earth but was not discovered until after its close approach, New Scientist reported Friday....

Business briefs: March 15
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:14 AM ET (1614 GMT)
International Launch Services announced Friday that it completed the first major on-pad test of the first Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 booster this week. The...

Russian group unveils suborbital spacecraft prototype
Posted: Fri, Mar 15 8:07 AM ET (1307 GMT)
A Russian company displayed Thursday a prototype for a proposed suborbital spacecraft that could transport space tourists. The Cosmopolis 21 (C-21), designed by Myasishchev...

News briefs: March 14
Posted: Fri, Mar 15 7:49 AM ET (1249 GMT)
NASA has created a new online system to track potentially hazardous near-Earth objects. The Sentry system, provided by JPL, is a web site that...

Business briefs: March 14
Posted: Fri, Mar 15 7:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
Satellite communications entrepreneur Craig McCaw said Thursday that he is optimistic about the prospects of satellite constellation ICO, but is uncertain about the fate of...