NASA slips first SLS launch to late 2021
Posted: Sun, May 17 11:10 AM ET (1510 GMT)
NASA now expects the first launch of the Space Launch System to take place in late 2021. In a presentation at a NASA Advisory Council...

Intelsat files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Posted: Sun, May 17 11:09 AM ET (1509 GMT)
Satellite operator Intelsat filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday night as part of a financial restructuring. The company said it had lined up $1 billion...

NASA to spend more than $90 million on additional Soyuz seat
Posted: Sun, May 17 11:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
NASA will pay Russia more than $90 million for an additional Soyuz seat to the International Space Station this fall. NASA announced Tuesday that it...

Chinese rocket stage renters over Atlantic
Posted: Sun, May 17 11:07 AM ET (1507 GMT)
A giant Chinese rocket stage reentered harmlessly over the Atlantic Ocean Monday. The Long March 5B core stage reentered at 11:33 am EDT (1533...

China launches pair of smallsats
Posted: Sun, May 17 11:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
China launched a pair of smallsats Monday that will be a part of an internet of things constellation. A Kuhaizhou-1A small launch vehicle lifted...

Chinese prototype crewed spacecraft lands
Posted: Sun, May 10 1:09 PM ET (1709 GMT)
A next-generation Chinese crewed spacecraft landed early Friday after a nearly three-day test flight. The spacecraft, launched without a crew Tuesday on a...

Virgin Orbit signs agreement for Guam launches
Posted: Sun, May 10 1:03 PM ET (1703 GMT)
Virgin Orbit has an agreement to perform launches from a U.S. Air Force base in Guam. VOX Space, the government services subsidiary of Virgin...

DOD seeks to overturn FCC Ligado decision
Posted: Sun, May 10 1:00 PM ET (1700 GMT)
The Defense Department will seek to overturn an FCC decision allowing Ligado to operate a 5G network near a GPS spectrum band. At a Senate...

X-37B to launch on next mission
Posted: Sun, May 10 12:57 PM ET (1657 GMT)
The next X-37B spaceplane mission will carry experiments for both NASA and the Defense Department. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said in a webinar...

China launches first Long March 5B
Posted: Sun, May 10 12:52 PM ET (1652 GMT)
China launched the first Launch March 5B rocket Tuesday, a major milestone in its plans to develop a space station. The Long March 5B rocket,...