SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Oct 23 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)
SpaceX set several milestones with a routine Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites Thursday. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral's Space Launch...

ESA to launch two missions on Falcon 9
Posted: Sun, Oct 23 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
ESA will launch two of its missions on SpaceX's Falcon 9. ESA announced Thursday that it will launch the Euclid astrophysics mission and the...

Ariane 6 debut delayed to late 2023
Posted: Sun, Oct 23 10:01 AM ET (1401 GMT)
ESA announced Wednesday that the first launch of the Ariane 6 has slipped again, this time to late 2023. Officials with ESA, prime contractor ArianeGroup...

Angara launches Russian military satellite
Posted: Sun, Oct 23 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
An Angara rocket launched a Russian military satellite Oct. 15. The Angara-1.2 lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 3:55 pm EDT (...

Falcon 9 launches Eutelsat satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 7:51 PM ET (2351 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a Eutelsat communications satellite in the early morning hours Oct. 15. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral's Space Launch...

Crew-4 returns from ISS
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 7:50 PM ET (2350 GMT)
A Crew Dragon returned four astronauts to Earth from the International Space Station on Oct. 14. The Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom undocked from the station...

China launches imaging satellites
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 7:49 PM ET (2349 GMT)
China launched three imaging satellites Oct 14. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 3:12 pm EDT (...

DART impact exceeds expectations
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 7:48 PM ET (2348 GMT)
NASA's DART spacecraft exceeded expectations by changing the orbital period of an asteroid by more than a half-hour. The agency announced Oct. 11...

Epsilon launch fails
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 7:47 PM ET (2347 GMT)
A Japanese Epsilon small launch vehicle failed to reach orbit during a launch Oct. 11 night. The rocket lifted off on schedule at 8:50...

First Vulcan launch slips to 2023
Posted: Sat, Oct 15 11:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
United Launch Alliance confirmed Monday that the first launch of its Vulcan Centaur rocket will slip to next year. ULA CEO Tory Bruno said Astrobotic,...