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Atlantis lands in Florida
Posted: Fri, Nov 27 1:30 PM ET (1830 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida Friday morning, bring the STS-129 mission to the ISS to a successful end. Atlantis landed at the...

Shuttle undocks from ISS
Posted: Wed, Nov 25 6:54 PM ET (2354 GMT)
The shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station Wednesday morning as it prepares to return to Earth on Friday. Atlantis undocked from the ISS...

Proton launches European satellite
Posted: Wed, Nov 25 11:02 AM ET (1602 GMT)
After a one-day delay caused by a dispute between Russian and Kazakh officials, a Proton rocket successfully launched a European communications satellite Tuesday. The...

Astronauts perform final STS-129 EVA
Posted: Tue, Nov 24 6:18 AM ET (1118 GMT)
Two astronauts breezed through the third and final spacewalk of the STS-129 shuttle mission to the ISS on Monday. Randy Bresnik and Robert Satcher...

Former Soviet cosmonaut Feoktistov dies
Posted: Tue, Nov 24 6:07 AM ET (1107 GMT)
Konstantin Feoktistov, a Soviet spacecraft designer and member of the first three-man space mission, passed away Saturday at the age of 83. Feoktistov, a...

Dispute delays Proton launch
Posted: Tue, Nov 24 6:00 AM ET (1100 GMT)
The launch of a European communications satellite on a Proton rocket was delayed for 24 hours on Monday, apparently because of a dispute between Russian...

Atlas launches Intelsat 14
Posted: Mon, Nov 23 6:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a new Intelsat communications satellite early Monday. The Atlas 5 431 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1:...

Astronauts complete second STS-129 EVA
Posted: Sun, Nov 22 11:52 AM ET (1652 GMT)
Two astronauts completed the second of three planned spacewalks of the STS-129 shuttle mission to the ISS on Saturday, again working ahead of schedule....

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Sat, Nov 21 10:22 AM ET (1522 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched an unspecified military satellite on Friday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 5:44...

STS-129 astronauts complete first spacewalk
Posted: Fri, Nov 20 6:58 AM ET (1158 GMT)
Two shuttle astronauts carried out the first spacewalk of the STS-129 mission on Thursday, working ahead of schedule and performing additional work. Astronauts Mike...



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
Sunday, November 23
How Russia’s New Space Station Could Dominate the Earth
The National Interest — 11:18 pm ET (0418 GMT)


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