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Sanctions to "degrade" Russian space program but not affect ISS cooperation
Posted: Sat, Feb 26 11:13 AM ET (1613 GMT)
The United States is imposing new sanctions on Russia that will "degrade" its space program but will not affect cooperation on the International Space Station....

NASA targets mid-March for SLS rollout
Posted: Sat, Feb 26 11:02 AM ET (1602 GMT)
NASA said Thursday it expects to roll out the Space Launch System for a practice countdown in mid-March. Agency officials said Thursday that the...

Virgin Galactic pushes back profitability
Posted: Sat, Feb 26 10:53 AM ET (1553 GMT)
Virgin Galactic says it remains on schedule for beginning commercial passenger flights of its suborbital spaceplane later this year but is still years away from...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Feb 26 10:49 AM ET (1549 GMT)
SpaceX launched a new batch of Starlink satellites Monday, placing them into a higher orbit after most of the previous set were lost in a...

Cygnus cargo spacecraft launched to ISS
Posted: Sat, Feb 26 10:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)
A Cygnus cargo spacecraft is at the International Space Station after a launch Feb. 19. An Antares 230+ rocket lifted off 12:40 pm EST (...

Soyuz launches Progress cargo spacecraft
Posted: Sat, Feb 19 10:30 AM ET (1530 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after a launch Monday night. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off...

Billionaire to fund series of SpaceX crewed missions
Posted: Sat, Feb 19 10:28 AM ET (1528 GMT)
The billionaire who commanded the first private Crew Dragon mission announced a program of future crewed missions Monday. Jared Isaacman said the Polaris Program will...

Chinese rocket, not SpaceX one, to hit the Moon
Posted: Sat, Feb 19 10:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
A rocket stage that will hit the far side of the Moon next month is now linked to a Chinese launch, not a SpaceX one....

India launches radar imaging satellite
Posted: Sat, Feb 19 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
India launched an Earth observation spacecraft and two smallsats Sunday. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 7:29 pm EST (0029 GMT Monday)...

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...



news in brief
NASA revises Artemis mission plans, cancels SLS upgrades
Posted: Sun, Mar 1 12:09 PM ET (1709 GMT)

Rocket Lab delays first Neutron launch
Posted: Sun, Mar 1 12:03 PM ET (1703 GMT)

Chinese astronaut to spend year in space
Posted: Sun, Mar 1 12:01 PM ET (1701 GMT)

news links
Sunday, March 1
SDA Makes HALO Europa Award
Space Development Agency — 11:27 am ET (1627 GMT)
Young "Sun" Caught Blowing Bubbles by NASA's Chandra
Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center — 11:22 am ET (1622 GMT)


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