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Ingenuity makes second flight on Mars
Posted: Fri, Apr 23 6:01 PM ET (2201 GMT)
NASA's Ingenuity made its second successful flight on Mars Thursday. The helicopter flew for 51.9 seconds, going to an altitude of five meters...

Nelson clears Senate confirmation hearing
Posted: Fri, Apr 23 5:57 PM ET (2157 GMT)
Former senator Bill Nelson breezed through a confirmation hearing Wednesday for his nomination to be NASA administrator. Nelson got a warm reception from former colleagues...

Amazon purchases nine Atlas 5 launches
Posted: Fri, Apr 23 5:54 PM ET (2154 GMT)
Amazon purchased nine Atlas 5 vehicles from United Launch Alliance for deploying part of its broadband internet constellation. The launches will be used for placing...

NASA picks SpaceX to develop Artemis lunar lander
Posted: Fri, Apr 23 5:51 PM ET (2151 GMT)
NASA selected SpaceX to develop a lunar lander for the Artemis program. NASA announced Friday it awarded a $2.89 billion contract to SpaceX for...

SNC to spin off space business
Posted: Sun, Apr 18 11:30 AM ET (1530 GMT)
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) plans to spin off its space division into an independent business. The company said its Space Systems division will be transformed...

Astrobotic selects Falcon Heavy to launch NASA lunar rover
Posted: Sun, Apr 18 11:23 AM ET (1523 GMT)
Astrobotic has selected SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to launch a lunar lander mission carrying a NASA rover. Astrobotic announced Tuesday that it signed a contract...

MEV-2 docks with Intelsat satellite
Posted: Sun, Apr 18 11:17 AM ET (1517 GMT)
Northrop Grumman's satellite life extension spacecraft docked with an Intelsat communications satellite Monday. Northrop's Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) 2 docked with the Intelsat...

White House proposes $24.7 billion budget for NASA in 2022
Posted: Sun, Apr 18 11:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
The White House is proposing a budget increase of more than 6% for NASA in fiscal year 2022. A budget outline released by the Biden...

UAE hires two new astronauts
Posted: Sun, Apr 18 11:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
The United Arab Emirates doubled the size of its astronaut corps with the selection Saturday of two new astronauts. The UAE announced it selected Nora...

Soyuz sends crew to ISS
Posted: Sun, Apr 11 11:52 AM ET (1552 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft delivered a new crew to the International Space Station early Friday. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...



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
Tuesday, July 29
Firefly Aerospace Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering
Firefly Aerospace — 6:57 am ET (1057 GMT)


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