Chang'e-6 returns lunar farside samples to Earth
Posted: Sat, Jun 29 1:17 PM ET (1717 GMT)
A capsule containing samples collected on the far side of the moon by a Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth. The return capsule from the...

Airbus takes $900 million charge on space programs
Posted: Sat, Jun 29 1:12 PM ET (1712 GMT)
Airbus announced Monday it will record a charge of nearly $1 billion because of problems on satellite programs. The company said it would take the...

Second straight ISS spacewalk scrubbed
Posted: Sat, Jun 29 1:09 PM ET (1709 GMT)
A second consecutive spacewalk was scrubbed at the International Space Station Monday. Astronauts Tracy Dyson and Mike Barratt had suited up and were just opening...

SpaceX conducts doubleheader of Starlink launches
Posted: Sat, Jun 29 1:08 PM ET (1708 GMT)
SpaceX performed two launches of Starlink satellites Sunday. One Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1:15 pm EDT (1715 GMT), placing...

China launches astronomy satellite
Posted: Sat, Jun 29 1:05 PM ET (1705 GMT)
China launched an astrophysics satellite jointly developed with France June 22. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off at 3:00 am EDT (0700 GMT)...

Rocket Lab launches 50th Electron
Posted: Sun, Jun 23 11:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched the first satellites for French startup Kinéis on the 50th flight of its Electron rocket Thursday. The Electron lifted off from...

Falcon 9 launches Astra 1P
Posted: Sun, Jun 23 11:28 AM ET (1528 GMT)
SpaceX launched a new broadcast satellite for SES Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:35 pm EDT (2135 GMT), after two days of...

Isar Aerospace raises $70 million
Posted: Sun, Jun 23 11:23 AM ET (1523 GMT)
Isar Aerospace has raised more than 65 million euros ($70 million) in an extension of an earlier Series C round. The company announced Thursday that...

Lockheed Martin wins GeoXO satellite contract
Posted: Sun, Jun 23 11:21 AM ET (1521 GMT)
Lockheed Martin has won a contract worth up to $2.27 billion to build the next generation of geostationary orbit weather satellites. NASA announced Tuesday...

CesiumAstro raises $65 million
Posted: Sun, Jun 23 11:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
Space antenna company CesiumAstro has raised an additional $65 million. The company announced the Series B+ round Tuesday led by Trousdale Ventures, increasing the total...