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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Mon, Jun 3 11:50 AM ET (1550 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Friday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 10:37 pm EDT (0237 GMT Saturday) from Cape Canaveral...

China conducts two launches Thursday
Posted: Mon, Jun 3 11:50 AM ET (1550 GMT)
China carried out two launches Thursday. A Long March 3B lifted off at 8:12 am EDT (1212 GMT) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center...

Peru and Slovakia sign Artemis Accords
Posted: Mon, Jun 3 11:49 AM ET (1549 GMT)
Peru and Slovakia are the latest countries to sign the Artemis Accords. Officials from the two countries signed the Accords in separate ceremonies Thursday at...

Soyuz launches Progress cargo spacecraft
Posted: Mon, Jun 3 11:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft launched to the International Space Station early Thursday. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 5:...

Verizon to invest $100 million in AST SpaceMobile
Posted: Sun, Jun 2 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
Verizon will invest $100 million into AST SpaceMobile to support its direct-to-smartphone services. The $100 million commitment comprises $65 million in commercial prepayments...

Falcon 9 launches ESA's EarthCARE
Posted: Sun, Jun 2 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched an Earth science satellite for Europe and Japan Tuesday. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Jun 2 10:15 AM ET (1415 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Tuesday after a one-day delay. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 10:24...

China launches satellites from ship
Posted: Sun, Jun 2 10:14 AM ET (1414 GMT)
A Chinese commercial rocket launched from a ship early Wednesday. The Ceres-1 rocket lifted off from a ship off the coast of Shedong province...

North Korean launch fails
Posted: Sun, Jun 2 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)
A North Korean rocket carrying a reconnaissance satellite exploded after launch Monday. The rocket lifted off at about 9:44 am EDT (1344 GMT) from...

Rocket Lab launches first NASA PREFIRE cubesat
Posted: Mon, May 27 10:05 AM ET (1405 GMT)
A Rocket Lab Electron successfully launched the first of two NASA Earth science cubesats Saturday. The Electron lifted off from Launch Complex 1 in New...



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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