NASA announces May 27 launch date for SpaceX Demo-2 mission
Posted: Sun, Apr 19 10:29 AM ET (1429 GMT)
NASA said Friday it had set a May 27 launch date for SpaceX's crewed test flight of its Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission, called...

Soyuz returns ISS crew to Earth
Posted: Sun, Apr 19 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft returned three people form the International Space Station early Friday. The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan at 1:16 am...

Russia tests anti-satellite weapon
Posted: Sun, Apr 19 10:26 AM ET (1426 GMT)
Russia tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon Wednesday, drawing a strong rebuke from the US military. The test of the direct-ascent ASAT, a ballistic...

Synspective to launch first satellite with Rocket Lab
Posted: Sun, Apr 19 10:25 AM ET (1425 GMT)
A Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) startup will launch its first satellite with Rocket Lab rather than Arianespace. Rocket Lab announced Tuesday it signed a...

SoftBank offering loan to OneWeb
Posted: Sun, Apr 19 10:24 AM ET (1424 GMT)
SoftBank is offering a loan to OneWeb to keep the constellation company in business until it can sell its spectrum assets. SoftBank, OneWeb's largest...

Chinese launch of Indonesian satellite fails
Posted: Sun, Apr 12 10:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
A Chinese rocket launch of an Indonesian satellite failed Thursday. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 7:...

Soyuz delivers new crew to ISS
Posted: Sun, Apr 12 10:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft successfully launched to the International Space Station Thursday. A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:05...

Space Force delays GPS launch because of pandemic
Posted: Fri, Apr 10 6:58 PM ET (2258 GMT)
The US Space Force said Thursday it's delaying a GPS satellite launch by two months because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Falcon 9 launch...

Boeing to perform second Starliner uncrewed test flight
Posted: Fri, Apr 10 6:56 PM ET (2256 GMT)
Boeing announced Monday it will perform a second uncrewed test flight of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew spacecraft. The company said it would effectively...

White House seeks international support for space resources policy
Posted: Fri, Apr 10 6:55 PM ET (2255 GMT)
The White House is looking to build up international support for its approach to the use of space resources. An executive order signed Monday by...