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ISAT.L Inmarsat PLC reported a profit of $31.3 million in the first half of 2006, down from a profit of $42.8 in the first half of 2005, The company reported...

BSkyB has seen an impressive increase in its number of subscribers. In its latest results, the operator announced it added close to 80,000 subscribers to the end of June. In...

MANASSAS, Va. — Leadership of the United States in space travel and exploration is slipping away, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said. While the United States became the first nation to...

The Boeing Co. [BA] drew plaudits from key senators for its ethics reform moves in the wake of controversies involving the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program and other issues....

Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are moving ahead with their work in weightless conditions. ISS crewmen Jeff Williams and Thomas Reiter worked quickly through scheduled spacewalk tasks last...

The Bush administration has backed away from first use of nuclear weapons against Iran, according to Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.). This revolves around a question of whether the United...

Boeing [BA] successfully tested a key laser component of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT), the company announced. This netting system involves links from one satellite to another using a...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is seeking new technology in an array of areas, and is open to proposals from industry, universities and governments, both those in the United States...

The Space Shuttle Atlantis has moved to its launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., as NASA prepares for its second shuttle launch in as many months. Atlantis is poised...

Astronauts and ground crews for the Space Shuttle Atlantis upcoming mission, STS-115, will participate in a full dress rehearsal beginning today and continuing this week at NASA Kennedy Space Center,...