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Failed satellite drifting, still broadcasting
Posted: Wed, May 5 7:23 AM ET (1123 GMT)
A commercial communications satellite that suffered an anomaly last month continues to broadcast while drifting in GEO, posing both collision and interference risks to other...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, May 2 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)
The International Space Station crew performed a manual docking of a Progress cargo spacecraft on Saturday after an automated system failed. The Progress M-05M...

Water ice found on asteroid
Posted: Thu, Apr 29 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
Astronomers announced Wednesday that they have detected water ice on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, a discovery that may provide clues...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Thu, Apr 29 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the ISS Wednesday night. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at...

Chile selected for giant telescope
Posted: Wed, Apr 28 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
European astronomers have picked a Chilean mountaintop as the future site of what will become the world's largest optical telescope. The European Southern Observatory...

Kosmos rocket launches military satellite
Posted: Wed, Apr 28 7:39 AM ET (1139 GMT)
A Russian Kosmos rocket placed a military navigation satellite into orbit on Tuesday. The Kosmos-3M rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern...

Last shuttle mission pushed back to November
Posted: Tue, Apr 27 8:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
Problems with a scientific instrument have led NASA to postpone a shuttle mission scheduled for this summer to late this year, making it the final...

Proton launches communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Apr 25 11:42 AM ET (1542 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a US-built communications satellite on Saturday. The Proton-M rocket lifted off at 7:19 am EDT (1119 GMT,...

Atlas 5 launches X-37
Posted: Fri, Apr 23 7:01 AM ET (1101 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket launched a secretive military spaceplane Thursday evening. The Atlas 5 501 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 7:52 pm...

Atlantis rolled out to pad for STS-132
Posted: Fri, Apr 23 6:47 AM ET (1047 GMT)
NASA rolled out the space shuttle Atlantis for what may be the final time Thursday in preparation for its launch next month. Atlantis, attached to...



news in brief
NASA targets April 1 for Artemis 2 launch
Posted: Sun, Mar 15 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)

China resumes launches after one-month pause
Posted: Sun, Mar 15 8:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)

Alpha returns to flight
Posted: Sun, Mar 15 8:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)

news links
Thursday, March 19
Firefly Aerospace Selected for the 2025 Robert J. Collier Trophy
National Aeronautic Association — 5:22 am ET (0922 GMT)
Rocket Lab wins record contract with US Department of War
Radio New Zealand — 5:17 am ET (0917 GMT)


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