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Next SLS countdown rehearsal schedule for June 19
Posted: Sat, Jun 4 8:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
The next countdown rehearsal for NASA's Space Launch System is scheduled for no earlier than June 19. NASA officials said May 27 they are...

Space Force awards eight launches to SpaceX and ULA
Posted: Sat, Jun 4 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
The Space Force's Space Systems Command issued task orders Thursday for eight launches to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance. The command awarded five launches...

Starliner lands in New Mexico
Posted: Sun, May 29 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner landed in New Mexico Wednesday, concluding the OFT-2 uncrewed test flight. The spacecraft landed at White Sands Space Harbor...

SpaceX launches Transporter-5 rideshare mission
Posted: Sun, May 29 7:59 AM ET (1159 GMT)
SpaceX launched its fifth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2:35 pm EDT (1835 GMT),...

Three companies will multibillion-dollar NRO contracts
Posted: Sun, May 29 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
The National Reconnaissance Office awarded contracts Wednesday worth billions of dollars to BlackSky, Maxar and Planet for commercial imagery. The NRO said the 10-year...

Psyche launch delayed by software issue
Posted: Sun, May 29 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
The launch of NASA's Psyche mission has slipped more than a month and a half because of a software problem. NASA confirmed Monday that...

China launches LEO communications satellites
Posted: Sun, May 29 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
China launched three communications satellites into low Earth orbit Friday. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off at 6:30 am EDT (1030 GMT) May...

Atlas 5 launches Starliner
Posted: Sun, May 29 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is on its way to the International Space Station after a launch May 19. An Atlas 5 lifted off at...

InSight Mars mission nears end
Posted: Sun, May 22 9:17 AM ET (1317 GMT)
NASA confirmed Tuesday that the end is in sight for the InSight Mars lander. Project officials said that dust accumulating on the spacecraft's solar...

NASA puts ISS spacewalks on hold to investigate suit issue
Posted: Sun, May 22 9:13 AM ET (1313 GMT)
NASA is putting on hold spacewalks at the ISS while it investigates a water leak during a spacewalk in March. In that March 23 spacewalk,...



news in brief
Rocket Lab wins contract for rocket cargo mission
Posted: Sat, May 10 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)

Capella Space to be acquired by quantum computing company
Posted: Sat, May 10 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)


news links
Sunday, May 11
AAC Clyde Space wins EUR 570 000 order for power systems
AAC Clyde Space — 9:47 am ET (1347 GMT)


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