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Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites early Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:19 am...

Intelsat ends merger talks with SES
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:41 AM ET (1441 GMT)
Intelsat has ended merger talks with rival satellite operator SES. The companies had been negotiating a deal for at least three months that would have...

China launches experimental satellite
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
China launched an experimental satellite late Monday. A Long March 6 lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:18 pm EDT (0318...

Firefly Aerospace to buy remaining Virgin Orbit assets
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
Firefly Aerospace will buy the remaining assets of Virgin Orbit not previously sold in a bankruptcy auction. In court filings last week, the companies said...

ULA conducts Vulcan static fire test
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
United Launch Alliance performed a static-fire test of its Vulcan rocket Wednesday night, one of the final steps before its first launch. The rocket...

Lijian-1 rocket launches 26 satellites
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
A Chinese company placed 26 satellites into orbit on a launch Wednesday. A Lijian-1 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at...

Dragon cargo spacecraft launched to ISS
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
A SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station this morning after a launch from Florida yesterday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of next-generation Starlink satellites Sunday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8:20 am EDT (1220...

Shenzhou-15 astronauts return to Earth
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth June 3 after six months on the Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou-15 spacecraft landed in China at 6:...

Starliner crewed test flight delayed again
Posted: Sun, Jun 4 9:16 AM ET (1316 GMT)
The first crewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner has been delayed again. NASA and Boeing announced late Thursday that the Crew Flight Test (...



news in brief
NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch two science missions
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)


Perseverance Mars rover finds more potential biosignatures
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)

news links
Sunday, June 28
SpaceX prepares for Sunday morning launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base
KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo, CA — 8:05 am ET (1205 GMT)


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