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The Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft will launch Oct. 19 from Kwajalein Atoll on a mission to study the heliopause boundary between the solar system and open galactic space,...

[Satellite Today 10-06-08] The U.S. Supreme Court refused to overturn a $74 million judgment against Dish Network for violating a patent held by TiVo involving digital video recorders (DVR).    ...

Space Shuttle Discovery may take the place of Space Shuttle Endeavour in performing standby life-guard duty when Space Shuttle Atlantis blasts off to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis was...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and European companies have now set the launch of the GOCE satellite for Oct. 27, ESA announced. On Sept. 7, preparations for launch of GOCE...

Updated — September 29 – 2:20 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: October + Mission: TacSat-3 Launch Vehicle:...

NASA Gives Boeing $650 Million Contract Change For Space Station Support NASA awarded a two-year, $650 million contract extension to The Boeing Co. [BA] to continue engineering support of the...

Russia is delivering 18 more Smerch multiple rocket launch systems to India, RIA Novosti reported. Rosoboronexport is working under a deal with India reached when the Russian defense minister visited...

The Messenger spacecraft today will fly by Mercury on a photography mission, the second of three flybys of the planet closest to the sun, NASA announced. Messenger will photograph most...

NASA awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. The...

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] broke ground on a new facility at Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the first building in Wallops Research Park. The research Park is...