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Iceye raises $93 million
Posted: Sat, Apr 20 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite company Iceye has raised $93 million. Iceye announced the round Wednesday, led by Finnish sovereign wealth fund Solidium Oy and...

NASA seeks revamp of Mars Sample Return program
Posted: Sat, Apr 20 10:26 AM ET (1426 GMT)
NASA is looking for fresh ideas to reduce the cost and shorten the schedule for Mars Sample Return. The agency announced Monday that it will...

NASA confirms ISS debris hit Florida house
Posted: Sat, Apr 20 10:23 AM ET (1423 GMT)
NASA confirmed Monday than an object that hit a Florida home was debris from the International Space Station. NASA said it analyzed the object that...

China launches remote sensing satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 20 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
China launched a commercial remote sensing satellite early Monday. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 12:12 am EDT (0412 GMT) from the...

SpaceX sets reusability mark with Starlink launch
Posted: Sat, Apr 20 10:19 AM ET (1419 GMT)
SpaceX set two records with a Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites April 12. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at...

Falcon 9 launches military weather satellite
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 11:21 AM ET (1521 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a Space Force weather satellite Thursday morning. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 10:25...

JAXA to land astronauts on Moon through NASA partnership
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 11:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)
Two Japanese astronauts will walk on the moon on future Artemis missions under a new agreement with NASA. NASA and the Japanese government announced Wednesday...

Russia launches Angara from Vostochny
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 11:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
The third time was the charm for Russia's Angara rocket. The Angara-A5 rocket lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome at 5:00 am...

Space Force unveils commercialization strategy
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 11:05 AM ET (1505 GMT)
The U.S. Space Force has released a long-awaited strategy for how it will leverage commercial capabilities. In a speech at the 39th Space...

ESA restarts work on ExoMars
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 11:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
ESA is restarting work on its ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission. ESA announced Tuesday that it awarded a contract worth 522 million euros ($567 million) to...



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



news links
Monday, December 23
ISRO to conduct experiments on growing plants in space
The Tribune (India) — 7:15 am ET (1215 GMT)


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