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Space tourist to make repeat trip to ISS
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
A former Microsoft executive who flew to the International Space Station as a space tourist last year plans to make a second trip there next...

Hubble problems to delay repair mission
Posted: Tue, Sep 30 7:22 AM ET (1122 GMT)
A new problem with the Hubble Space Telescope will delay a shuttle mission to repair the orbiting telescope until early next year. Hubble stopped transmitting...

Phoenix lander detects Martian snow
Posted: Tue, Sep 30 7:07 AM ET (1107 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling in the Martian atmosphere and is also finding new evidence of past liquid water on the...

ATV Jules Verne reenters
Posted: Tue, Sep 30 6:52 AM ET (1052 GMT)
Europe's first ISS cargo spacecraft, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) "Jules Verne", ended its mission Monday with a planned destructive reentry over the south...

SpaceX Falcon 1 launch a success
Posted: Mon, Sep 29 2:08 PM ET (1808 GMT)
After three failed launches since 2006, SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket successfully placed a payload in orbit Sunday night. The Falcon 1 rocket lifted off...

Shenzhou 7 returns to Earth
Posted: Sun, Sep 28 10:27 AM ET (1427 GMT)
China's third human spaceflight mission came to a successful conclusion Sunday when the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft safely landed in northern China. The Shenzhou 7...

Chinese astronaut performs first spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Sep 27 9:14 AM ET (1314 GMT)
A Chinese astronaut carried out that country's first EVA on Saturday, making a brief trip outside the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft. Zhai Zhigang, one of...

Senate passes NASA authorization bill
Posted: Sat, Sep 27 8:48 AM ET (1248 GMT)
The US Senate passed late Thursday authorizing legislation for NASA that includes a provision calling for an additional shuttle flight. The NASA Authorization Act of...

China launches third manned mission
Posted: Fri, Sep 26 7:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
China launched on Thursday Shenzhou 7, its third human spaceflight mission and the first to conduct a spacewalk. The Long March 2F rocket lifted off...

Russia launches 3 GLONASS satellites
Posted: Fri, Sep 26 7:30 AM ET (1130 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched three Russian navigation satellites on Thursday. The Proton-M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4:49 am EDT (...



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
Saturday, November 22
Elon Musk’s Starlink is rewiring the world — but at what cost?
The Times of London — 12:13 am ET (0513 GMT)
PLD Space unveils the first MIURA 5 qualification unit
PLD Space — 12:02 am ET (0502 GMT)


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