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Shenzhou 18 launches to Tiangong space station
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
A new crew launched to China's Tiangong space station Thursday. A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at...

Starliner cleared for first crewed flight
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
The first crewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is a step closer to launch. NASA completed a flight test readiness review Thursday for...

Cosmonauts perform ISS spacewalk
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)
Two cosmonauts wrapped up an ISS spacewalk ahead of schedule Thursday. Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub were scheduled to spend up to seven hours outside...

Russia vetoes UN resolution on nuclear weapons in space
Posted: Sat, Apr 27 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday regarding the placement of nuclear weapons in space. The resolution, drafted by Japan and the United...

Electron launches NASA, South Korean satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 27 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched a South Korean imaging satellite and a NASA solar sail experiment Tuesday. An Electron rocket lifted off at 6:32 pm EDT (...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 27 10:14 AM ET (1414 GMT)
SpaceX achieved its 300th booster landing on a launch Tuesday evening. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:17 pm EDT (2217...

Voyager 1 resumes returning data
Posted: Sat, Apr 27 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is once again returning data to Earth. NASA said Monday that the spacecraft successfully transmitted engineering data last week, five...

China launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 27 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
China launched its second Yaogan-42 reconnaissance satellite April 20. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 7:...

Three European countries join Artemis Accords
Posted: Sun, Apr 21 9:05 AM ET (1305 GMT)
Three European countries signed the Artemis Accords for sustainable space exploration in less than a week. Switzerland signed the Accords on Monday at an event...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on back-to-back launches
Posted: Sun, Apr 21 9:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
SpaceX launched two sets of Starlink satellites from Florida a little more than 24 hours apart. A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space...



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



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