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Blue Origin resumes crewed New Shepard suborbital flights
Posted: Sat, May 25 12:06 PM ET (1606 GMT)
Blue Origin launched its first crewed New Shepard mission in nearly two years Sunday, but the flight was not without incident. The suborbital vehicle lifted...

China launches four high-resolution imaging satellites
Posted: Sat, May 25 12:02 PM ET (1602 GMT)
China launched four high-resolution Earth observation satellites late Sunday. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:...

SpaceX sets reuse record on Starlink launch
Posted: Sat, May 25 12:00 PM ET (1600 GMT)
SpaceX set another reuse record on a Starlink launch. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8:32 pm EDT May 17...

NASA and ESA finalize ExoMars Rosalind Franklin agreement
Posted: Sun, May 19 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
NASA and ESA have finalized an agreement about NASA's contributions to ESA's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission. The agencies signed an agreement Thursday...

Russia launches classified satellite
Posted: Sun, May 19 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
Russia launched a classified payload Thursday. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 5:21 pm EDT (2121 GMT) carrying...

BEpiColombo Mercury mission suffers thruster problem
Posted: Sun, May 19 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
Engineers are troubleshooting a problem with the electric propulsion system on the BepiColombo mission. That spacecraft, a joint mission of ESA and JAXA, will go...

Lithuania signs Artemis Accords
Posted: Sat, May 18 9:39 AM ET (1339 GMT)
Lithuania is the 40th nation to sign the Artemis Accords. The country's minister of economy and innovation signed the Accords Wednesday in a ceremony...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California
Posted: Sat, May 18 9:38 AM ET (1338 GMT)
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites Tuesday in the company's 50th orbital launch this year. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space...

Intuitive Machines upgrading next lunar lander
Posted: Sat, May 18 9:35 AM ET (1335 GMT)
Intuitive Machines is making upgrades to its second lunar lander. The company said in an earnings call Tuesday that it will improve communications, tracking and...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, May 18 9:33 AM ET (1333 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Sunday evening. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Caper Canaveral at 8:53 pm EDT (0053 GMT) and...



news in brief
Starship explodes during preparations for static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Jun 22 6:52 AM ET (1052 GMT)

French government leads investment in Eutelsat
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)

NASA further delays Ax-4 launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)

news links
Tuesday, July 1
Move over Starlink, here comes Kuiper
Gulf News — 4:58 am ET (0858 GMT)
USSF Seeks Industry Ideas For Space-Based Interceptors
Aviation Week — 4:57 am ET (0857 GMT)
Don’t forget about Iran’s space program
POLITICO — 4:54 am ET (0854 GMT)
EU Space Act is ‘orbital equivalent of GDPR’, says lawyer
Luxembourg Times — 4:53 am ET (0853 GMT)
Poland’s second ever astronaut is safe in space
Euro Weekly News — 4:49 am ET (0849 GMT)


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