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Incident puts Vulcan first launch plans in doubt
Posted: Fri, Apr 14 9:36 PM ET (0136 GMT)
A May launch of the first Vulcan Centaur is in doubt after an incident during a test of another Centaur upper stage. United Launch Alliance...

SpaceX launches Intelsat satellite
Posted: Fri, Apr 14 9:32 PM ET (0132 GMT)
SpaceX launched an Intelsat communications satellite with a NASA hosted payload April 7. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:30 am EDT (0430 GMT)...

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...



news in brief
Senate hearing raises doubts of Artemis
Posted: Sat, Sep 6 8:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)

NASA names new associate administrator
Posted: Sat, Sep 6 8:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)

President Trump moves Space Command HQ to Alabama
Posted: Sat, Sep 6 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)

news links
Saturday, September 13
SpaceX, Northrop Grumman to launch supplies to ISS
Spectrum News — 5:52 am ET (0952 GMT)
Cornell-led space tech startup acquired by Pasteur Labs
Cornell Univ. — 5:51 am ET (0951 GMT)
How China Is Transforming Space Power
The Diplomat — 5:46 am ET (0946 GMT)


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