SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Thu, Nov 23 8:00 AM ET (1300 GMT)
Besides launching Starship, SpaceX conducted two Falcon 9 Starlink launches over the weekend. One Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:05...

First Kuiper prototype satellites pass tests
Posted: Thu, Nov 23 7:58 AM ET (1258 GMT)
Amazon says it is ready to move into full-scale production of its Project Kuiper satellites after completing in-orbit tests of two prototypes. KuiperSat-...

China launches ocean observation satellite
Posted: Thu, Nov 23 7:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
China launched the first in a new line of ocean observation satellites Nov. 15. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off at 10:55 pm...

NASA exploration head to become agency's associate administration
Posted: Thu, Nov 23 7:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
Jim Free, NASA's associate administrator for exploration systems development, is getting a promotion. NASA announced last week that Free will become associate administrator, the...

Dragon cargo spacecraft sent to ISS
Posted: Sat, Nov 11 8:16 AM ET (1316 GMT)
SpaceX launched a cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station Thursday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 8:28 pm EST (0128 GMT...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Nov 11 8:11 AM ET (1311 GMT)
China launched a communications satellite early Thursday. A Long March 3B lifted off at 6:23 am EST (1123 GMT) from the Xichang Satellite Launch...

Rocket Lab prepares to resume Electron launches
Posted: Sat, Nov 11 8:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
Rocket Lab is preparing to resume Electron launches in late November after completing an investigation into a September launch failure. The company said Wednesday it...

Virgin Galactic to halt SpaceShipTwo flights by mid-2024
Posted: Sat, Nov 11 8:06 AM ET (1306 GMT)
Virgin Galactic plans to halt flights of its VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane by the middle of next year. The company said Wednesday that it will...

EU finalizing deal for Falcon 9 launches of Galileo satellites
Posted: Sat, Nov 11 8:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
The European Commission is finalizing a deal to launch four Galileo navigation satellites on a pair of Falcon 9 rockets next year. At briefings during...

Virgin Galactic flies researchers and tourist on fifth commercial mission
Posted: Sun, Nov 5 12:02 PM ET (1702 GMT)
Virgin Galactic flew two researchers and a space tourist on its latest suborbital spaceflight Thursday. The Galactic 05 mission by its VSS Unity spaceplane took...