Japanese billionaire announces contest for Starship mission
Posted: Sun, Mar 7 11:49 AM ET (1649 GMT)
A Japanese billionaire is relaunching plans to fly people around the moon on SpaceX's Starship. Yusaku Maezawa unveiled a new contest Tuesday to select...

Chinese private launch failure blamed on falling foam
Posted: Sun, Mar 7 11:42 AM ET (1642 GMT)
A Chinese commercial launch failed last month because of foam insulation. The Hyperbola-1 rocket launched Feb. 1 but appeared to veer off course shortly...

Spire goes public through SPAC
Posted: Sun, Mar 7 11:41 AM ET (1641 GMT)
Spire Global is the latest space company to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Spire announced Monday it is...

SpaceX blames failed landing on engine shutdown
Posted: Sat, Mar 6 10:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
SpaceX said Monday that an engine on the most recent Falcon 9 rocket shut down in flight, preventing the booster from landing. A company official...

Rocket Lab to go public through SPAC deal
Posted: Sat, Mar 6 10:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
Rocket Lab announced Monday it is merging with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and developing a larger vehicle. Rocket Lab said it will merge...

Astronauts perform spacewalk for ISS solar panel installation
Posted: Sat, Mar 6 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
Two NASA astronauts spent seven hours outside the International Space Station Sunday beginning work on power upgrades. Kate Rubins and Victor Glover performed the spacewalk,...

Russia launches Arctic monitoring satellite
Posted: Sat, Mar 6 10:10 AM ET (1510 GMT)
Russia launched a satellite to monitor the Arctic region. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 1:55 am EST (...

PSLV launches Amazonia-1
Posted: Sat, Mar 6 10:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
An Indian rocket launched a Brazilian Earth observation satellite and nearly 20 other satellites. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 11:54 pm...

Blue Origin postpones first New Glenn launch to late 2022
Posted: Fri, Feb 26 10:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
Blue Origin announced Thursday it is delaying the first launch of its New Glenn rocket to late 2022. The company said the revised development schedule,...

Virgin Galactic again delays SpaceShipTwo flights
Posted: Fri, Feb 26 10:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
Virgin Galactic won't start regularly flying space tourists until early next year because of delays in its test program. The company said Thursday that...