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Astronauts conduct spacewalk to prepare for solar array installation
Posted: Sat, Jan 28 9:58 AM ET (1458 GMT)
Two astronauts spent more than seven hours outside the International Space Station Jan. 20 to continue work upgrading the station's solar arrays. NASA's...

Canadian government to establish launch licensing framework
Posted: Sat, Jan 28 9:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
The Canadian government announced plans to set up a regulatory framework to enable commercial launches from the country. In a two-phase approach, Transport Canada...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 28 9:56 AM ET (1456 GMT)
SpaceX conducted its first Starlink launch of the year Jan. 19. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 10:...

Falcon 9 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Sat, Jan 28 9:55 AM ET (1455 GMT)
SpaceX launched a GPS satellite Jan. 18. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 7:24 am EST (1224 GMT) carrying the GPS...

Falcon Heavy launches Space Force mission
Posted: Sat, Jan 21 11:22 AM ET (1622 GMT)
A Falcon Heavy launched the first US Space Force mission of the year Sunday evening. The Falcon Heavy lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center...

China launches 14 payloads on smallsat rideshare
Posted: Sat, Jan 21 11:17 AM ET (1617 GMT)
China launched 14 payloads on a smallsat rideshare mission late Jan. 14. The Long March 2D lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at...

US and Japan sign space cooperation agreement
Posted: Sat, Jan 21 11:16 AM ET (1616 GMT)
The United States and Japan signed a agreement establishing a framework for future cooperation in space exploration. At a ceremony Jan. 13 at NASA Headquarters...

China launches communications, classified satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 21 11:14 AM ET (1614 GMT)
China launched a small GEO communications satellite Jan. 12. A Long March 2C lifted off at 1:10 pm EST (1810 GMT) from the Xichang...

Russia to send replacement Soyuz to ISS
Posted: Sat, Jan 21 11:08 AM ET (1608 GMT)
Russia will launch a Soyuz spacecraft without a crew to the International Space Station to replace a damaged Soyuz there. The Russian space agency Roscosmos...

First ABL Space Systems RS1 launch fails
Posted: Sun, Jan 15 11:25 AM ET (1625 GMT)
ABL Space Systems suffered a failure in the first launch of its RS1 rocket Tuesday. The RS1 lifted off from Kodiak Island, Alaska, at 6:...



news in brief
SpaceX launches third Starship test flight
Posted: Sun, Mar 17 9:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)

Chinese launch of lunar satellites malfunctions
Posted: Sun, Mar 17 8:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)


news links
Monday, March 18
For Space Force to Succeed, It Needs Starships from SpaceX
The National Interest — 5:28 am ET (0928 GMT)


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