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Shenzhou-16 launches to Tiangong space station
Posted: Sat, Jun 3 11:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)
China launched a new crew to its Tiangong space station Monday. A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at...

India launches navigation satellite
Posted: Sat, Jun 3 11:07 AM ET (1507 GMT)
India launched a navigation satellite Monday. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark 2 rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 1:...

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....



news in brief
Three European countries join Artemis Accords
Posted: Sun, Apr 21 9:05 AM ET (1305 GMT)

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on back-to-back launches
Posted: Sun, Apr 21 9:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)

Iceye raises $93 million
Posted: Sat, Apr 20 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)

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