NASA issues nuclear thermal propulsion study contracts
Posted: Fri, Jul 16 7:16 PM ET (2316 GMT)
NASA awarded three contracts Tuesday to begin concept studies of nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems. The contracts, each worth $5 million, went to teams led...

SEC reaches settlement with Momentus
Posted: Fri, Jul 16 7:15 PM ET (2315 GMT)
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday it's reached a settlement with Momentus and the SPAC it is merging with regarding false claims. The...

Branson flies on SpaceShipTwo suborbital flight
Posted: Fri, Jul 16 7:14 PM ET (2314 GMT)
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson flew to the edge of space on his company's SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane Sunday. The SpaceShipTwo vehicle, named VSS Unity,...

NASA awards contract for HALO Gateway module
Posted: Fri, Jul 16 7:13 PM ET (2313 GMT)
NASA finalized a contract with Northrop Grumman to build the first habitation module for the lunar Gateway. The agency said Friday it issued a $935...

Nauka space station module set for launch July 21
Posted: Fri, Jul 9 7:04 PM ET (2304 GMT)
A long-delayed Russian module for the International Space Station is now scheduled for launch on a Proton rocket July 21. Roscosmos announced early Thursday...

China launches data relay satellite
Posted: Fri, Jul 9 7:02 PM ET (2302 GMT)
China launched a data relay satellite Tuesday, its third launch in four days. A Long March 3C lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center...

Planet, Satellogic to go public through SPAC mergers
Posted: Fri, Jul 9 7:00 PM ET (2300 GMT)
Earth imaging company Planet will go public through a SPAC merger. Planet announced early Wednesday that it will merge with dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV,...

Chinese astronauts perform spacewalk
Posted: Fri, Jul 9 6:59 PM ET (2259 GMT)
Chinese astronauts performed the first spacewalk outside their new space station Saturday night. Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo spent about six and a half hours...

China launches weather satellite, five smallsats
Posted: Fri, Jul 9 6:58 PM ET (2258 GMT)
China launched a weather satellite Sunday. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 7:28 pm EDT (2328...

Branson to fly on next SpaceShipTwo flight July 11
Posted: Sat, Jul 3 11:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)
Virgin Galactic announced Thursday that founder Richard Branson will be on the next SpaceShipTwo suborbital flight July 11, flying to the edge of space days...