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Intelsat satellite malfunctions
Posted: Fri, Sep 22 1:58 PM ET (1758 GMT)
An Intelsat communications satellite that serves parts of Africa and the Indian Ocean malfunctioned late Thursday. The Intelsat IS-802 spacecraft suffered a "sudden and...

Bigelow announces space station plans, Lockheed agreement
Posted: Fri, Sep 22 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
Bigelow Aerospace announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to study the use of the Atlas 5 to launch human missions,...

Atlantis lands safely
Posted: Thu, Sep 21 8:22 AM ET (1222 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis landed without incident Thursday morning at the Kennedy Space Center, ending the first assembly mission to the ISS in nearly four...

MRO deploys radar antenna
Posted: Thu, Sep 21 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has successfully deployed the antenna for an Italian radar system on the spacecraft that will be used to...

Inspections find no shuttle damage
Posted: Wed, Sep 20 1:38 PM ET (1738 GMT)
An additional round of inspections of the exterior of the shuttle Atlantis Wednesday turned up no evidence of damage to the orbiter, apparently clearing the...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Sep 20 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two members of the next International Space Station crew and a commercial passenger docked with the ISS early Wednesday. The Soyuz...

Progress jettisoned from ISS
Posted: Tue, Sep 19 8:50 PM ET (0050 GMT)
In preparation for Wednesday's docking of a Soyuz spacecraft a Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the ISS and reentered the Earth's atmosphere late...

Shuttle landing delayed by debris concerns
Posted: Tue, Sep 19 2:27 PM ET (1827 GMT)
NASA decided Tuesday to delay Wednesday morning's scheduled landing of the shuttle Atlantis a day after shuttle cameras picked up an unidentified object near...

Noxious leak triggers ISS alarm
Posted: Mon, Sep 18 8:59 PM ET (0059 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station sounded an alarm Monday morning after initially reporting smoke inside the station, which later turned out to be...

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Mon, Sep 18 8:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying the next ISS crew and a private passenger lifted off early Monday. A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...



news in brief
House committee opposes proposed NASA budget cuts
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)

Electron launches Japanese cubesats
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)

NASA to launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in September
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)

news links
Thursday, April 30
United States Welcomes Morocco Signing of the Artemis Accords
US State Department — 6:58 am ET (1058 GMT)
Baking a parachute for Mars
ESA — 6:55 am ET (1055 GMT)


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