First LauncherOne mission fails to reach orbit
Posted: Thu, May 28 6:24 PM ET (2224 GMT)
Virgin Orbit's first LauncherOne rocket failed to make it to orbit Monday. The rocket, carried aloft by the company's Boeing 747 aircraft, was...

Soyuz launches missile early warning satellite
Posted: Sun, May 24 10:55 AM ET (1455 GMT)
Russia launched a military satellite on a Soyuz rocket early Friday. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...

H-2B launches HTV cargo spacecraft
Posted: Sun, May 24 10:53 AM ET (1453 GMT)
Japan launched a cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station Wednesday. An H-2B rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 1:31...

NASA human spaceflight head abruptly resigns
Posted: Sun, May 24 10:52 AM ET (1452 GMT)
The head of NASA's human spaceflight programs, Doug Loverro, has abruptly resigned over what he calls a "mistake." NASA announced Tuesday that Loverro resigned...

Atlas 5 launches X-37B on sixth mission
Posted: Sun, May 24 10:51 AM ET (1451 GMT)
An Atlas 5 successfully launched a military spaceplane May 17. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 9:14 am EDT (1314...

NASA unveils Artemis Accords for cooperation in lunar exploration
Posted: Sun, May 24 10:50 AM ET (1450 GMT)
NASA will ask countries seeking to cooperate on the Artemis program to follow a series of principles for safe behavior in space. NASA unveiled the "...

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...