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Spacesuit problem hinders spacewalk
Posted: Fri, Jun 18 5:28 PM ET (2128 GMT)
A spacesuit problem kept astronauts from completing all their tasks on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Wednesday. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough encountered a...

Minotaur launches NRO payload
Posted: Fri, Jun 18 5:27 PM ET (2127 GMT)
A Minotaur 1 rocket successfully launched three payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office Tuesday. The Minotaur 1 blasted off at 9:35 am EDT (1335...

Soyuz launches OneWeb satellites
Posted: Sat, May 29 4:36 PM ET (2036 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a set of OneWeb satellites Friday. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome at 1:38 pm...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, May 29 4:30 PM ET (2030 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 2:59 pm EDT (1859 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and...

New lunar rover projects announced
Posted: Sat, May 29 4:27 PM ET (2027 GMT)
Several lunar rover projects, from small robotic ones to those that could carry astronauts, are in development. The Japanese space agency JAXA said Wednesday it...

South Korea signs Artemis Accords
Posted: Sat, May 29 4:26 PM ET (2026 GMT)
South Korea has formally signed the Artemis Accords. NASA said Wednesday that the South Korean government formally signed onto the accords, which outline best practices...

Viasat asks FCC to halt Starlink launches
Posted: Sat, May 29 4:25 PM ET (2025 GMT)
Viasat is asking the FCC to halt Starlink launches as it seeks an environmental review of the constellation. Viasat filed a request with the FCC...

SpaceShipTwo flies to space from New Mexico
Posted: Tue, May 25 8:01 PM ET (0001 GMT)
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane made its first flight to the edge of space in more than two years Saturday. The VSS Unity vehicle...

Chinese rover rolls onto Martian surface
Posted: Tue, May 25 7:55 PM ET (2355 GMT)
China's Zhurong rover rolled onto the surface of Mars late Friday, a week after landing. The six-wheeled rover went down a ramp and...

Firefly selects SpaceX for launch of lunar lander
Posted: Tue, May 25 7:51 PM ET (2351 GMT)
Firefly Aerospace selected SpaceX to launch its first lunar lander mission. Firefly announced Thursday its Blue Ghost lunar lander will launch on a Falcon 9...



news in brief
Firefly Aerospace shares jump in IPO
Posted: Sat, Aug 9 11:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)

ULA now planning nine launches in 2025
Posted: Sat, Aug 9 11:09 AM ET (1509 GMT)


news links
Friday, August 15
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