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China launches reconnaissance satellites
Posted: Sat, Jun 25 12:29 PM ET (1629 GMT)
China launched a set of reconnaissance satellites Wednesday night. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 10:22...

Kuaizhou-1A returns to flight
Posted: Sat, Jun 25 12:26 PM ET (1626 GMT)
China's Kuaizhou-1A returned to flight Tuesday night, six months after a launch failure. The small rocket lifted off at 10:08 p.m....

KSLV-2 reaches orbit on second launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 25 12:22 PM ET (1622 GMT)
South Korea successfully launched its KSLV-2 rocket Tuesday. The rocket lifted off from the Naro Space Center at 3 am EDT (0700 GMT) and...

NASA conducts fourth SLS wet dress rehearsal
Posted: Sat, Jun 25 12:19 PM ET (1619 GMT)
NASA nearly completed a countdown test of the Space Launch System Monday after dealing with several technical problems. The fourth wet dress rehearsal of the...

Falcon 9 launches Nilesat 301
Posted: Fri, Jun 10 6:08 PM ET (2208 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launch launched a GEO communications satellite for Egyptian operator Nilesat Wednesday. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:04 pm EDT (2104...

France joins Artemis Accords
Posted: Fri, Jun 10 6:01 PM ET (2201 GMT)
France became the 20th country to join the Artemis Accords. France formally signed the Accords, which set out best practices for sustainable space exploration, at...

Potential fuel leak prompts cargo Dragon launch delay
Posted: Fri, Jun 10 5:59 PM ET (2159 GMT)
NASA and SpaceX have postponed a cargo Dragon mission that was to launch this week to investigate a potential propellant leak in the spacecraft. NASA...

Blue Origin performs fifth crewed New Shepard flight
Posted: Fri, Jun 10 5:56 PM ET (2156 GMT)
Blue Origin carried out the fifth crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle June 4. The vehicle lifted off from the company's West...

China launches new space station crew
Posted: Fri, Jun 10 5:51 PM ET (2151 GMT)
China launched a new crew to its space station over the weekend. A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft lifted off from...

Progress cargo spacecraft launched to ISS
Posted: Sat, Jun 4 8:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station this morning a few hours after its launch. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off...



news in brief
EnduroSat raises $205 million
Posted: Sun, Sep 20 6:35 AM ET (1035 GMT)

Impulse Space raises additional $308 million
Posted: Sun, Sep 20 6:34 AM ET (1034 GMT)

Russia launches Progress cargo spacecraft to ISS
Posted: Sun, Sep 20 6:28 AM ET (1028 GMT)

news links
Saturday, October 3
ETH Space Researcher Thomas Zurbuchen Joins Blue Origin
Blue News — 12:21 am ET (0421 GMT)
World Space Week 2026: How Rocket Revolution is reshaping exploration
The Federal (India) — 12:17 am ET (0417 GMT)
Could we ever create artificial gravity on a spaceship?
LiveScience — 12:16 am ET (0416 GMT)


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