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Rocket Lab shifts NASA Electron launches to New Zealand
Posted: Fri, Apr 14 9:38 PM ET (0138 GMT)
Rocket Lab is moving two Electron launches of NASA cubesats from Virginia to New Zealand. The company said Monday that the launches of the TROPICS...

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...



news in brief
Falcon 9 launches military weather satellite
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 11:21 AM ET (1521 GMT)

JAXA to land astronauts on Moon through NASA partnership
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 11:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)

Russia launches Angara from Vostochny
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 11:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)

news links
Friday, April 19
RAF Reserves stand up new specialist space units
UK Royal Air Force — 6:06 am ET (1006 GMT)
China and America woo African space agencies in the new space race
London School of Economics — 6:05 am ET (1005 GMT)
Rocket Lab Announces Board Change
Business Wire — 6:05 am ET (1005 GMT)


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