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Falcon 9 launches Badr-8
Posted: Sat, Jun 3 11:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
SpaceX launched an Arabsat communications satellite May 27. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 12:30 am EDT (0430 GMT) and deployed...

Russia launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Sat, Jun 3 11:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
Russia launched a military reconnaissance satellite May 26. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East at 5:...

Software problem blamed for lunar lander crash
Posted: Sat, Jun 3 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
A software problem caused a Japanese lunar lander to crash last month. Executives with Japanese company ispace said May 26 that its HAKUTO-R M1...

Rocket Lab launches second pair of TROPICS cubesats
Posted: Sat, May 27 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched a second pair of NASA storm-monitoring cubesats overnight. The company's Electron rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 1 in New...

Virgin Galactic conducts first suborbital spaceflight since 2021
Posted: Sat, May 27 10:56 AM ET (1456 GMT)
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo made its first suborbital spaceflight in nearly two years Thursday. The vehicle, named VSS Unity, launched from its VMS Eve carrier...

South Korea launches eight satellites on KSLV-2
Posted: Sat, May 27 10:52 AM ET (1452 GMT)
South Korea successfully launched its KSLV-2 rocket carrying eight satellites early Thursday. The rocket lifted off from the Naro Space Center at 5:24...

Virgin Orbit to sell assets and shut down
Posted: Fri, May 26 10:49 PM ET (0249 GMT)
Virgin Orbit will cease operations after selling most of its assets to three aerospace companies. Virgin Orbit said Tuesday that the companies made the winning...

Progress cargo ship launched to ISS
Posted: Fri, May 26 10:45 PM ET (0245 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft launched to the International Space Station. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:56 a....

SpaceX launches second Axiom private astronaut mission launched to ISS
Posted: Fri, May 26 10:43 PM ET (0243 GMT)
A Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four private astronauts is nearing the International Space Station after a launch Sunday afternoon. A Falcon 9 lifted off from...

Falcon 9 launches Iridium and OneWeb satellites
Posted: Fri, May 26 10:38 PM ET (0238 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched 21 satellites for Iridium and OneWeb May 20, including a OneWeb technology demonstration spacecraft. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg...



news in brief
Starliner makes uncrewed return from ISS
Posted: Sun, Sep 8 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)

NASA confirms plans to cancel OSAM-1
Posted: Sun, Sep 8 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)

Chinese spaceplane completes third flight
Posted: Sun, Sep 8 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)

news links
Saturday, September 21
Space Future Commands will be operational ‘within a year’
FederalNewsRadio.com — 1:20 am ET (0520 GMT)


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