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Astronauts perform station maintenance on spacewalk
Posted: Sun, Mar 27 8:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
Two astronauts completed most of the work planned for a spacewalk Wednesday after recovering from a spacesuit problem. Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer started the...

Indonesia orders Boeing satellite
Posted: Sun, Mar 27 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
Indonesia's Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) said Wednesday it ordered a high-throughput satellite from Boeing to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2023....

Russia launches military communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Mar 27 8:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
Russia launched a military communications satellite Tuesday. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 8:48 am eDT (1248 GMT)...

Firefly raises $75 million
Posted: Sat, Mar 26 11:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
Firefly Aerospace raised $75 million as it prepares for its second launch. AE Industrial Partners (AEI) led the Series B round announced Tuesday, valuing Firefly...

SpaceX raises Starlink, launch prices
Posted: Sat, Mar 26 11:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
SpaceX has hiked prices for both launches and its Starlink services, blaming the increases on inflation. The company notified Starlink subscribers it was raising monthly...

OneWeb to launch satellites with SpaceX
Posted: Sat, Mar 26 11:07 AM ET (1507 GMT)
OneWeb announced Monday an agreement with SpaceX to launch at least some of its satellites that were to fly on Soyuz. OneWeb said it would...

Soyuz delivers Russian cosmonauts to ISS
Posted: Sat, Mar 26 11:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft delivered three cosmonauts to the International Space Station whose attire raised eyebrows. A Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites in record-setting mission
Posted: Sat, Mar 26 11:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
SpaceX set reuse and payload mass records with its latest Starlink launch. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 12:42 am EDT (...

SLS rolls out to the launch pad
Posted: Sun, Mar 20 1:30 PM ET (1730 GMT)
NASA's Space Launch System rolled out to the launch pad for the first time overnight. The mobile launch platform carrying the SLS rolled out...

ESA suspends cooperation with Russia on ExoMars
Posted: Sun, Mar 20 1:25 PM ET (1725 GMT)
ESA formally stopped plans to launch its ExoMars mission with the Russians in September. The agency announced Thursday it had suspended cooperation with Roscosmos on...



news in brief
Rocket Lab signs largest launch contract in its history
Posted: Sun, May 10 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)

HawkEye 360 goes public
Posted: Sun, May 10 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)

Astranis raises $450 million
Posted: Sun, May 10 7:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)

news links
Tuesday, May 12
How we protected the UK and space in April 2026
UK Space Agency — 6:13 am ET (1013 GMT)
SpaceX eyes 136,000-acre Louisiana site for Starship testing
San Antonio Express-News — 6:09 am ET (1009 GMT)


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