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Intuitive Machines delays first lander mission to February
Posted: Sat, Dec 30 9:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
Intuitive Machines says it is delaying the launch of its first lunar lander mission by a month to mid-February. The company said Dec. 19...

New Shepard returns to flight
Posted: Thu, Dec 21 2:16 PM ET (1916 GMT)
Blue Origin's New Shepard completed its first suborbital flight in more than 15 months on Tuesday. The vehicle lifted off from the company's...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Thu, Dec 21 2:07 PM ET (1907 GMT)
SpaceX ended an 11-day launch hiatus Monday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 11:01 pm EST (0401 GMT Tuesday)...

Hyperbola-1 launches smallsat
Posted: Thu, Dec 21 2:05 PM ET (1905 GMT)
A Chinese commercial small launch vehicle launched Sunday. The SQX-1, or Hyperbola-1, rocket from i-Space launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center...

Soyuz-2 launches weather satellite
Posted: Thu, Dec 21 2:03 PM ET (1903 GMT)
Russia launched a weather satellite Saturday. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4:18 am EST (0918 GMT) and placed...

China launches large optical satellite to GEO
Posted: Thu, Dec 21 2:01 PM ET (1901 GMT)
China launched a large optical satellite to geostationary orbit Friday. A Long March 5 rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 8:...

Electron returns to flight with Japanese satellite launch
Posted: Sun, Dec 17 10:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
Rocket Lab's Electron returned to flight Thursday night after a launch failure nearly three months ago. The Electron lifted off at 11:05 pm...

China launches spaceplane
Posted: Sun, Dec 17 10:06 AM ET (1506 GMT)
China launched a secretive spaceplane Thursday. A Long March 2F rocket lifted off at about 10:00 am EST (1500 GMT from the Jiuquan Satellite...

Final Vega launch delays to replace missing fuel tanks
Posted: Sun, Dec 17 10:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
The final launch of the original version of the Vega rocket will be delayed to replace missing upper-stage tanks. ESA officials said Thursday that...

FCC revokes SpaceX Starlink subsidies
Posted: Sat, Dec 16 11:05 AM ET (1605 GMT)
The FCC upheld a decision to revoke nearly $900 million in rural broadband subsidies from SpaceX. The company was in line for $886 million over...



news in brief
Russian cosmonauts complete ISS spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Dec 21 12:02 PM ET (1702 GMT)



news links
Friday, December 27
SpaceX will be a better $1 trln bet than Tesla
Reuters — 7:36 am ET (1236 GMT)
A Silk Road in Space: China’s Space Plan for 2050
The Wire — 7:34 am ET (1234 GMT)


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