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Russia destroys satellite in ASAT test
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:45 AM ET (1545 GMT)
Russia destroyed a defunct satellite with an antisatellite weapon, creating thousands of pieces of debris in low Earth orbit. The U.S. government said Monday...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:44 AM ET (1544 GMT)
SpaceX performed its first Starlink launch in two months Nov. 13. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 7:19 am EST (1219 GMT) from Cape...

Falcon 9 launches Crew-3 mission
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 9:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station after a launch Wednesday night. A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off at 9:03...

NASA postpones crewed lunar landing to at least 2025
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 8:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
NASA officially gave up Tuesday on any chance of landing humans on the moon in 2024. In a briefing with reporters, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson...

Crew-2 astronauts return to Earth
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 8:55 AM ET (1355 GMT)
Four astronauts safely returned to Earth Monday night on a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour undocked from the station at 2:05...

HakwEye 360 raises $145 million
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 8:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)
HawkEye 360 announced Monday it raised $145 million in a new funding round to expand its satellite constellation.The company said Insight Partners and Seraphim...

Epsilon launches nine smallsats
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 8:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)
A Japanese small launch vehicle placed nine smallsats into orbit Monday night. The Epsilon rocket lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center at 7:55...

Court rules against Blue Origin in HLS lawsuit
Posted: Sun, Nov 7 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
A federal court ruled against Blue Origin in its suit against NASA on the Human Landing System program. The judge in the Court of Federal...

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...



news in brief
SES to acquire Intelsat
Posted: Sun, May 5 6:42 AM ET (1042 GMT)

Shenzhou-17 returns to Earth
Posted: Sun, May 5 6:39 AM ET (1039 GMT)

Cargo Dragon splashes down
Posted: Sun, May 5 6:35 AM ET (1035 GMT)

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