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Extra ISS spacewalk planned
Posted: Fri, Dec 14 7:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday that two members of the ISS crew will perform an additional spacewalk next week to inspect a solar panel joint that appears...

Arianespace to launch Spanish satellite
Posted: Thu, Dec 13 1:40 PM ET (1840 GMT)
Arianespace announced Thursday that it has won a contract to launch a Spanish communications satellite. Arianespace will launch the Amazonas-2 spacecraft for Spanish satellite...

Boeing wins Ares avionics contract
Posted: Thu, Dec 13 8:17 AM ET (1317 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that it has selected Boeing as the prime contractor for the avionics system on the Ares 1 launch vehicle, the last major...

Shuttle tanking test planned
Posted: Wed, Dec 12 8:36 AM ET (1336 GMT)
NASA will perform a fueling test of the shuttle Atlantis next week in an effort to understand why fuel cutoff sensors in the shuttle's...

NASA mission to study lunar interior
Posted: Wed, Dec 12 8:23 AM ET (1323 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that it will launch a mission early next decade to studying the interior of the Moon. The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (...

Atlas launches NRO satellite
Posted: Tue, Dec 11 8:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)
An Atlas 5 launched a classified spacecraft for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Monday evening. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Cape Canaveral...

Voyagers discover solar system "squashed"
Posted: Tue, Dec 11 8:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft have revealed that the solar system in "squashed" relative to the interstellar medium, scientists said Monday. Voyager 2 cross into...

Cassini images help explain moon formation
Posted: Mon, Dec 10 8:41 AM ET (1341 GMT)
Several years' worth of images collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft have allowed scientists to measure the unusual shapes of some of Saturn's small...

Shuttle launch scrubbed, postponed to January
Posted: Sun, Dec 9 11:29 AM ET (1629 GMT)
NASA scrubbed Sunday's planned launch of the space shuttle Atlantis after another fuel sensor failed early in the morning, and shuttle managers later decided...

Delta launches Italian satellite
Posted: Sun, Dec 9 10:47 AM ET (1547 GMT)
A Delta 2 successfully launched an Italian remote sensing satellite on Saturday evening after several days of delays. The Delta 2 7420-10 lifted off...



news in brief
FAA restricts hours for commercial launches during shutdown
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 9:05 AM ET (1405 GMT)

EchoStar sells more spectrum to SpaceX
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 9:01 AM ET (1401 GMT)

China postpones Shenzhou-20 return on orbital debris concerns
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 8:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)

news links
Monday, November 24
China exploring how to block Musk’s Starlink in Taiwan
The Daily Telegraph — 12:13 am ET (0513 GMT)
China would need 1,000 jammers to block Starlink over Taiwan
The Times of London — 12:13 am ET (0513 GMT)


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