Astrophysics decadal survey recommends series of space telescopes
Posted: Sun, Nov 7 10:45 AM ET (1545 GMT)
The decadal survey for astrophysics recommended NASA pursue a series of flagship space missions starting with a large space telescope. The final report of the...

China launches Earth science satellite
Posted: Sun, Nov 7 10:44 AM ET (1544 GMT)
China launched a small Earth science satellite Thursday night. A Long March 6 rocket lifted off at 10:19 pm EDT (0219 GMT Friday) from...

FCC approves Boeing V-band constellation
Posted: Sun, Nov 7 10:43 AM ET (1543 GMT)
The FCC approved Boeing's application for a 147-satellite V-band satellite constellation on Wednesday. Boeing proposes to launch 132 satellites to low Earth...

China launches reconnaissance satellites
Posted: Sun, Nov 7 10:42 AM ET (1542 GMT)
China launched a new group of reconnaissance satellites Wednesday. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 3:43...

Soyuz launches OneWeb satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 16 6:09 PM ET (2209 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched Thursday with the latest batch of OneWeb satellites. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia...

Blue Origin launches Shatner, three others on second crewed New Shepard flight
Posted: Sat, Oct 16 6:02 PM ET (2202 GMT)
Blue Origin launched four people, including Star Trek actor William Shatner, on a suborbital flight Wednesday. The New Shepard vehicle lifted off from the company'...

JWST arrives in French Guiana
Posted: Sat, Oct 16 5:56 PM ET (2156 GMT)
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has arrived in French Guiana. NASA and ESA said Tuesday that the ship transporting the giant space telescope from...

Australia to build lunar rover
Posted: Sat, Oct 16 5:53 PM ET (2153 GMT)
Australia will contribute a small robotic rover to a future NASA lunar lander mission. NASA and the Australian Space Agency announced Tuesday that Australia will...

Astra identifies cause of August launch failure
Posted: Sat, Oct 16 5:51 PM ET (2151 GMT)
Astra says it has identified the cause of an August launch failure and is gearing up for its next mission. The company said Tuesday that...

NASA astronauts moved from Starliner flights because of delays
Posted: Sun, Oct 10 11:58 AM ET (1558 GMT)
NASA has moved two astronauts from Boeing to SpaceX commercial crew missions because of continued delays with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner. NASA said Wednesday...