Lockheed drops plans to acquire Aerojet
Posted: Sat, Feb 19 10:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
Lockheed Martin announced Sunday night that it was dropping plans to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne. Lockheed said that it was in "the best interest of our...

Astra launch fails
Posted: Sun, Feb 13 10:58 AM ET (1558 GMT)
Astra's first launch from Florida failed to reach orbit Thursday when the rocket malfunctioned during stage separation. The Rocket 3.3 vehicle lifted off...

Soyuz launches OneWeb satellites from French Guiana
Posted: Sun, Feb 13 10:54 AM ET (1554 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched 34 OneWeb satellites. The Soyuz lifted off from French Guiana at 1:09 pm EST (1809 GMT) Thursday, deploying its...

Geomagnetic storm causes dozens of Starlink satellites to reenter
Posted: Sun, Feb 13 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
As many as 40 Starlink satellites launched earlier this month will soon reenter, or have already done so, because of a geomagnetic storm. SpaceX said...

E-Space raises $50 million for satellite megaconstellation
Posted: Sun, Feb 13 10:42 AM ET (1542 GMT)
E-Space, a startup founded by Greg Wyler, raised $50 million to start work on a satellite megaconstellation. The company will use the funding for...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Sun, Feb 13 10:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
Russia launched a military satellite in the first Russian mission of the year. A Soyuz-2 rocket lifted off at 2 am EST (0700 GMT)...

NASA and SpaceX looking into Dragon parachute issue
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:19 PM ET (1719 GMT)
A parachute on a cargo Dragon spacecraft failed to open on time when it splashed down last month, the second time that's happened. NASA...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:14 PM ET (1714 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 1:13 pm EST (1813 GMT)...

SpaceX launches NRO payload
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:08 PM ET (1708 GMT)
SpaceX launched a classified NRO payload Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 3:28 pm EST (2028 GMT)...

SLS rollout for dress rehearsal postponed
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:05 PM ET (1705 GMT)
NASA is delaying the rollout of the Space Launch System for a countdown rehearsal by a month. The rollout of the SLS to Launch Complex...