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China launches Chang'e-3 lunar lander
Posted: Mon, Dec 2 7:01 AM ET (1201 GMT)
A Long March rocket lifted off early Monday and placed China's first lunar lander mission on a trajectory towards the Moon. The Long March...

Indian Mars mission leaves Earth orbit
Posted: Sun, Dec 1 9:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
India's first Mars mission fired its main engine early Sunday to boost the spacecraft into a Mars-bound trajectory. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM),...

Progress docks with ISS in manual mode
Posted: Sat, Nov 30 9:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station took control of a Progress cargo spacecraft and docked it manually to the station late Friday after the...

Comet ISON fate unclear after perihelion passage
Posted: Fri, Nov 29 10:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
At least part of Comet ISON may have survived a close flyby of the Sun on Thursday after astronomers initially thought the comet was completely...

Falcon 9 launch scrubbed again
Posted: Fri, Nov 29 9:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
SpaceX scrubbed a second attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a commercial satellite, halting the countdown as the first stage engines started to...

Comet ISON to fly around Sun on Thursday
Posted: Thu, Nov 28 9:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
A comet that, for more than a year, has been billed by many as the "Comet of the Century" will make its closest approach to...

China prepares launch of its first lunar lander
Posted: Wed, Nov 27 6:59 AM ET (1159 GMT)
Chinese officials said they are set to launch that country's first lunar lander and rover, perhaps as soon as this weekend. Officials announced on...

Technical glitches scrub Falcon 9 launch
Posted: Tue, Nov 26 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
A series of technical problems prevented SpaceX from carrying out its launch of a commercial GEO satellite on Monday evening, delaying the launch until at...

Soyuz launches Progress spacecraft to ISS
Posted: Tue, Nov 26 6:35 AM ET (1135 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a Progress cargo spacecraft bound for the ISS early Tuesday. The Soyuz lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...

China launches experimental satellite
Posted: Mon, Nov 25 8:34 PM ET (0134 GMT)
A Chinese Long March rocket placed a small experimental satellite into orbit on Monday. The Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite...



news in brief
Blue Origin describes plans for increased New Glenn launch rates
Posted: Sat, Oct 17 11:41 AM ET (1541 GMT)

SpaceX launches classified Space Force payload
Posted: Sat, Oct 17 11:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)

ClearSpace wins UK contract for debris removal mission
Posted: Sat, Oct 17 11:35 AM ET (1535 GMT)

news links
Sunday, October 18
Alexander Dahm named new CEO of Rocket Factory Augsburg
Rocket Factory Augsburg — 1:10 pm ET (1710 GMT)


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