China launches Shenzhou 3
Posted: Tue, Mar 26 7:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)
After months of anticipation, China launched the third Shenzhou spacecraft, the prototype of a future manned spacecraft, on Monday. Chinese media reported that a Long...

News briefs: March 25
Posted: Tue, Mar 26 6:34 AM ET (1134 GMT)
TRW officially recommended Monday that its shareholders turn down a takeover offer by Northrop Grumman. The TRW board of directors voted unanimously to make the...

Europe set to approve Galileo
Posted: Tue, Mar 26 6:14 AM ET (1114 GMT)
European transport ministers are expected to approve plans to fund a satellite navigation system during a meeting that begins Tuesday in Brussels. The transport ministers...

News briefs: March 23-24
Posted: Mon, Mar 25 8:16 AM ET (1316 GMT)
The production of GEO communications satellites will drop 25 percent by the middle of the decade, according to a report by Forecast International. The report...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 7:58 PM ET (0058 GMT)
An unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station Sunday afternoon, bring fresh supplies to the orbiting outpost. Progress M1-8, called...

News briefs: March 22
Posted: Sat, Mar 23 10:37 AM ET (1537 GMT)
A consortium of seven Russian and European engines are planning to develop a new reusable engine, Space News reported Friday. The Volga engine will be...

Business briefs: March 22
Posted: Sat, Mar 23 10:25 AM ET (1525 GMT)
RadioShack is funding the current trip to Moscow by potential space tourist Lance Bass, the company announced Friday. Bass, a member of the pop group *...

Report: Shenzhou 3 close to launch
Posted: Fri, Mar 22 8:19 PM ET (0119 GMT)
China is preparing to launch the third flight of its manned spacecraft prototype, a Chinese newspaper reported Friday. The Chinese-language newspaper Wen Wei Po...

TDRS spacecraft stranded in transfer orbit
Posted: Fri, Mar 22 10:53 AM ET (1553 GMT)
A NASA communications satellite launched two weeks ago is currently stranded in a useless transfer orbit as engineers work on a problem with the spacecraft'...

May shuttle mission delayed by ISS problem
Posted: Fri, Mar 22 10:32 AM ET (1532 GMT)
A shuttle mission scheduled for launch in early May has been delayed until the end of the month because of a problem with the station'...