Chinese company launches small commercial rocket
Posted: Fri, Apr 14 9:29 PM ET (0129 GMT)
A Chinese commercial rocket successfully launched April 7. The SQX-1 rocket, also known as Hyperbola-1, lifted off at 12 am EDT (0400 GMT)...

Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy protection
Posted: Sat, Apr 8 9:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
Virgin Orbit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this morning. The launch company said it filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in...

NASA announces Artemis 2 crew
Posted: Sat, Apr 8 9:37 AM ET (1337 GMT)
NASA announced the four-person crew of the Artemis 2 mission Monday. That mission, the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System and Orion...

Falcon 9 launches first Space Development Agency satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 8 9:32 AM ET (1332 GMT)
SpaceX launched the first 10 satellites for the Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) Sunday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force...

First Tianlong-2 launch a success
Posted: Sat, Apr 8 9:29 AM ET (1329 GMT)
Space Pioneer has become the first Chinese private launch firm to achieve orbit with a liquid propellant rocket. The company's Tianlong-2 rocket launched...

China launches radar imaging satellites and reconnaissance satelite
Posted: Sat, Apr 8 9:27 AM ET (1327 GMT)
China conducted two launches within 24 hours. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 6:50 am EDT (...

First Starliner crewed flight slips to July
Posted: Sat, Apr 1 11:41 AM ET (1541 GMT)
NASA and Boeing have delayed the first crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner to late July. At a briefing Wednesday, NASA announced the Crew...

SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 1 11:37 AM ET (1537 GMT)
SpaceX launched more Starlink satellites Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 4:01 pm EDT (2001 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and placed 56...

Russia launches classified satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 1 11:35 AM ET (1535 GMT)
Russia launched a classified satellite Wednesday. A Soyuz-2.1v rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 3:57 pm EDT (...

Israel launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 1 11:33 AM ET (1533 GMT)
Israel launched a reconnaissance satellite Tuesday night. A Shavit rocket lifted off from the Palmachim Airbase at 7:10 pm EDT (2310 GMT) and placed...