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Musk says Tesla sports car to launch on first Falcon Heavy mission
Posted: Sun, Dec 10 7:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
Elon Musk says the first flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket will carry a very unusual payload: his Tesla Roadster sports car. In tweets late...

China launches military satellite
Posted: Sun, Dec 10 7:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
China launched a military satellite December 3. The Long March 2D rocked lifted off at 11:11 pm EST (0411 GMT Dec. 4) from the...

Soyuz launches military satellite
Posted: Sun, Dec 3 9:29 AM ET (1429 GMT)
A Soyuz-2 rocket successfully launched a military satellite Saturday, days after another Soyuz mission ended in failure. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off...

NASA approves use of reused booster on Dragon cargo mission
Posted: Sun, Dec 3 9:15 AM ET (1415 GMT)
NASA said Wednesday it's approved SpaceX's plans to fly a previously flown Falcon 9 on the next Dragon cargo launch. Speaking at a...

Fregat failure causes loss of 19 satellites on a Soyuz rocket
Posted: Sun, Dec 3 8:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
Nineteen satellites launched on a Soyuz rocket Tuesday were lost due to a problem with a Soyuz rocket's upper stage. The Soyuz-2.1b...

SpaceX raises an additional $100 million
Posted: Sun, Dec 3 8:48 AM ET (1348 GMT)
SpaceX said Monday it added $100 million to a funding round announced over the summer. In an amended filing with the SEC, SpaceX said it...

China launches classified payload
Posted: Sun, Nov 26 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
China launched a set of classified satellites Friday. The Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 1:10 pm...

Earth-i orders satellites from SSTL
Posted: Sun, Nov 26 10:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will build the first five Earth-imaging satellites for British company Earth-i. The satellites will be based on a...

China launches remote sensing satellites
Posted: Sun, Nov 26 10:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
China launched three remote-sensing satellites late Monday. The Long March 6 rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:50 pm...

Mars streaks not evidence of water
Posted: Sun, Nov 26 10:09 AM ET (1509 GMT)
A new study finds that dark streaks on Mars are most likely caused by sand, not water. The dark streaks known as recurring slope lineae,...



news in brief
Three European countries join Artemis Accords
Posted: Sun, Apr 21 9:05 AM ET (1305 GMT)

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on back-to-back launches
Posted: Sun, Apr 21 9:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)

Iceye raises $93 million
Posted: Sat, Apr 20 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)

news links
Friday, April 26
SPACECOM Boss Warns China Is Moving ‘Breathtakingly Fast’ During Pacific Visit
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 6:52 am ET (1052 GMT)


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