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25 most recent entries:

Shock absorbers to cope with Ares 1 oscillations

(Aug 21 2008 11:56 GMT)
NASA plans to install high-tech shock absorbers on its Ares 1 rocket to damp...

Iranian satellite launch attempt a failure

(Aug 21 2008 11:56 GMT)
A launch last weekend by Iran that the country's government claimed put a satellite...

Proton launches Inmarsat satellite

(Aug 21 2008 11:56 GMT)
The Proton rocket returned to commercial service with the successful launch Tuesday of an Inmarsat...

Obama releases detailed space policy

(Aug 21 2008 11:56 GMT)
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama released a detailed space policy document on Sunday that officially...

KSC closed for tropical storm

(Aug 21 2008 11:56 GMT)
For the second time in two weeks a NASA center has been closed as a...

NASA terminates spacesuit contract

(Aug 16 2008 13:19 GMT)
NASA announced late Friday that it has terminated a contract it issued two months ago...

Ariane launches two satellites

(Aug 16 2008 13:19 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched two communications satellites for Japanese and American customers on...

NASA leaves shuttle launch dates unchanged

(Aug 16 2008 13:19 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers on Thursday decided against moving up the launch dates of the next...

Cassini flies past Enceladus

(Aug 16 2008 13:19 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is returning close-up images of the surface of Saturn's...

Measat, GeoEye launches delayed

(Aug 16 2008 13:19 GMT)
Two launches of commercial satellites planned for later this month were delayed Tuesday, and in...

Report: FCC ready to approve XM-Sirius merger

(Jul 24 2008 11:43 GMT)
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to approve the long-delayed merger of...

Lockheed reports stronger space business

(Jul 24 2008 11:43 GMT)
Lockheed Martin's space division reported increased sales and profit in the second quarter on...

Final SAR-Lupe satellite launched

(Jul 24 2008 11:43 GMT)
A Russian Kosmos rocket launched the fifth and final satellite in a German military radar...

Dwarf planet named

(Jul 24 2008 11:43 GMT)
An object in the outer solar system whose discovery helped trigger a new definition for...

Orbital reports increased profits

(Jul 24 2008 11:43 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation reported increased revenues and profits in its fiscal second quarter on Thursday....

Scientists find evidence of water in lunar interior

(Jul 10 2008 10:29 GMT)
Analysis of rocks returned by the Apollo missions to the Moon has led scientists to...

Loral wins contract for Hispasat spacecraft

(Jul 10 2008 10:29 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral has won a contract to build a new communications satellite for Spanish...

NASA announces schedule for remaining shuttle launches

(Jul 10 2008 10:29 GMT)
NASA announced on Monday the tentative schedule for the remaining 10 launches of the space...

Ariane 5 launches two satellites

(Jul 10 2008 10:29 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched two communications satellites for Middle Eastern and American operators on...

Spacecraft confirms Mercury is shrinking

(Jul 10 2008 10:29 GMT)
Data collected by a NASA spacecraft as it flew past the innermost planet, Mercury, in...

ORBCOMM satellites launched

(Jun 19 2008 17:29 GMT)
A Kosmos rocket lifted off early Thursday and placed six replacement ORBCOMM satellites into orbit....

House passes NASA authorization bill

(Jun 19 2008 17:29 GMT)
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a NASA authorization bill on Wednesday that would require...

"Super-Earth" exoplanets discovered

(Jun 19 2008 17:29 GMT)
Astronomers have discovered three low-mass extrasolar planets dubbed "super-Earths" because they are only...

Shuttle pad repairs to be completed before next launch

(Jun 19 2008 17:29 GMT)
Repairs to a shuttle launch pad damaged during the most recent launch will be repaired...

FCC moves towards approving Sirius-XM merger

(Jun 19 2008 17:29 GMT)
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is ready to recommend that the two...

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