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SpaceX sets booster reuse mark on Falcon 9 Starlink launch
Posted: Tue, Mar 16 8:58 PM ET (0058 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites early Sunday, setting a booster reuse record in the process. The Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy...

Astronauts perform maintenance on ISS spacewalk
Posted: Tue, Mar 16 8:50 PM ET (0050 GMT)
Two astronauts performed a spacewalk Saturday outside the International Space Station. Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover spent nearly seven hours outside the station performing a...

China launches reconnaissance satellites
Posted: Tue, Mar 16 8:48 PM ET (0048 GMT)
China launched a new group of naval reconnaissance satellites Friday night. A Long March 4C rocket launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 9:...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 6:25 PM ET (2325 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites early this morning. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 3:13 am EST (0813 GMT),...

NASA finalizes deal for astronaut to fly on April Soyuz mission
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 6:20 PM ET (2320 GMT)
NASA said Tuesday it finalized a deal to fly an astronaut on next month's Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. NASA said Mark...

Space Force awards launch contracts to SpaceX and ULA
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 6:15 PM ET (2315 GMT)
The US Space Force awarded contracts to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance for four national security launches Tuesday. ULA received $224.2 million for two...

Perseverance starts driving on Mars
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 6:12 PM ET (2312 GMT)
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has started driving on Mars. Project officials said March 5 the rover made its first drive a day earlier, two...

Astronauts perform spacewalk to upgrade ISS solar power system
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 6:09 PM ET (2309 GMT)
Two astronauts continued work March 5 to upgrade the International Space Station's power system. NASA's Kate Rubins and JAXA's Soichi Noguchi spent...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 7 12:02 PM ET (1702 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched another group of Starlink satellites early Thursday. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 3:24 am EST (0824 GMT) from...

Starship SN10 explodes after test flight
Posted: Sun, Mar 7 11:56 AM ET (1656 GMT)
SpaceX launched and landed a Starship prototype Wednesday, only to have the vehicle explode minutes later. The Starship SN10 prototype flew to an altitude of...



news in brief
Starlink suffers global outage
Posted: Sun, Jul 27 12:55 PM ET (1655 GMT)

Soyuz launches space science satellites
Posted: Sun, Jul 27 12:53 PM ET (1653 GMT)

House appropriators seeking alternatives to SLS EUS upper stage
Posted: Sun, Jul 27 12:52 PM ET (1652 GMT)

news links
Friday, August 1
Texas-based Firefly Aerospace plans go to public
Texas Standard — 6:17 am ET (1017 GMT)
Fort Huachuca recommended for new U.S. Space Force mission
KVOA-TV Tucson — 6:13 am ET (1013 GMT)
Senate’s $852 Billion Defense Budget Saves Wedgetail, Keeps Space Force Flat
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 6:13 am ET (1013 GMT)


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