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China launches Chang'e-4 lunar lander mission
Posted: Sun, Dec 16 12:33 PM ET (1733 GMT)
China launched its latest mission to the moon December 7. The Long March 3B rocket carrying the Chang'e-4 spacecraft lifted off at 1:...

China launches Saudi and other smallsats
Posted: Sun, Dec 16 12:32 PM ET (1732 GMT)
A Chinese rocket launched several small satellites December 7. The Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 0412 GMT (...

Soyuz sends new crew to ISS
Posted: Tue, Dec 4 5:06 PM ET (2206 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station Monday after a successful launch from Kazakhstan. The Soyuz rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft...

NASA selects winners in CLPS competition
Posted: Tue, Dec 4 5:04 PM ET (2204 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday the selection of nine companies eligible for future contracts to transport payloads to the moon. The companies, ranging from Lockheed Martin to...

Rocket launches Russian military satellites
Posted: Tue, Dec 4 5:02 PM ET (2202 GMT)
A Russian Rockot rocket launched three military satellites early Friday. The Rockot lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 9:27 pm...

InSight lands on Mars
Posted: Mon, Nov 26 10:22 PM ET (0322 GMT)
NASA's InSight spacecraft successfully landed on Mars Monday. The spacecraft landed near the "bullseye" in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars at 2:53...

NASA schedules for SpaceX commercial crew test flight for January 7
Posted: Sun, Nov 25 9:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that the first test flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon commercial crew vehicle is scheduled for launch January 7. The agency said...

InSight prepared for Mars landing
Posted: Sun, Nov 25 8:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
NASA officials said this week that the agency's InSight spacecraft is on track for a landing on Mars this Monday. The spacecraft is on...

Vega launches Moroccan imaging satellite
Posted: Fri, Nov 23 9:10 AM ET (1410 GMT)
A Vega rocket launched an Earth imaging satellite for the Moroccan government Tuesday night. The Vega lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 8:42...

Long March launches set of small satellites
Posted: Fri, Nov 23 9:05 AM ET (1405 GMT)
A Chinese rocket launched several small satellites Monday evening. The Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 6:40...



news in brief
SpaceX launches first Starship V3
Posted: Sat, May 23 8:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)

SpaceX files to go public
Posted: Sat, May 23 8:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)

Rocket Lab launches Synspective satellite
Posted: Sat, May 23 8:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)

news links
Monday, May 25
A milestone for HKSAR on Shenzhou XXIII
China Daily — 3:29 am ET (0729 GMT)
SpaceX’s IPO Is a Bet Gravity Doesn’t Apply to Elon Musk
Wall Street Journal — 3:22 am ET (0722 GMT)
SpaceX's galaxy math
Axios — 3:22 am ET (0722 GMT)


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