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Progress docks with ISS on second attempt
Posted: Mon, Jul 5 9:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, two days after its originally-scheduled docking was aborted because of a...

Progress docking at ISS aborted
Posted: Fri, Jul 2 7:47 PM ET (2347 GMT)
A planned docking Friday of a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station was aborted because of a telemetry problem. The Progress M-06M...

NASA postpones final shuttle missions
Posted: Fri, Jul 2 7:31 AM ET (1131 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday plans to push back the final two scheduled shuttle missions, meaning that the shuttle program will not be retired until at least...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Thu, Jul 1 7:04 AM ET (1104 GMT)
Russian launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress M-06M spacecraft (designated Progress 38...

House committee defers decision on NASA exploration plan
Posted: Wed, Jun 30 7:03 AM ET (1103 GMT)
A US House of Representatives subcommittee approved a $19-billion budget for NASA on Wednesday, but declined to take a stand on the agency's...

White House releases new national space policy
Posted: Tue, Jun 29 7:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
The Obama Administration issued a new national space policy on Monday, placing a greater emphasis on international cooperation and commercial space capabilities. The 18-page...

Soyuz moved to new ISS docking port
Posted: Tue, Jun 29 7:19 AM ET (1119 GMT)
Three ISS crewmembers took a brief flight in a Soyuz spacecraft, relocating the spacecraft to a new docking port. Fyodor Yurchikhin, Doug Wheelock, and Shannon...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Sun, Jun 27 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched two satellites late Saturday after two previous attempts earlier this week were scrubbed. The Ariane 5G lifted off from Kourou,...

Studies find evidence of more water on Mars
Posted: Sat, Jun 26 9:32 AM ET (1332 GMT)
New, separate studies have found evidence that liquid water was found throughout Mars early in its history, and that water may have flowed much more...

Ariane launch scrubbed again
Posted: Fri, Jun 25 6:37 AM ET (1037 GMT)
An pressurization problem postponed Thursday's rescheduled launch of two satellites on an Ariane 5. The launch was scrubbed during the final countdown of the...



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
Purdy: Space Force Needs More Acquisition Experts to Implement Reforms
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 2:38 am ET (0738 GMT)


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