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Boeing takes another loss on Starliner
Posted: Sun, Aug 4 8:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
Boeing has taken another loss on the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew program. The company said Wednesday it recorded a $125 million loss in the...

Space Force awards SpaceX, ULA $1.8 billion for additional launches
Posted: Sun, Aug 4 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
The U.S. Space Force has provided $1.8 billion in additional funding to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance for national security launches. The service...

Atlas 5 launches final national security mission
Posted: Sun, Aug 4 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
An Atlas 5 lifted off Tuesday morning on the rocket's final national security launch. The Atlas 5 551 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida,...

Falcon 9 returns to flight
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:26 PM ET (1626 GMT)
SpaceX successfully returned the Falcon 9 to flight early Saturday, 15 days after an upper stage anomaly. The Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy...

More Starliner thruster tests planned
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:24 PM ET (1624 GMT)
NASA and Boeing plan more thruster tests before allowing the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to return from the International Space Station. At a briefing Thursday,...

Astranis raises $200 million
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:23 PM ET (1623 GMT)
Astranis has raised $200 million to fully fund development of a new broadband satellite design. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz co-led the Series D...

NASA review examines options for Chandra and Hubble
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:22 PM ET (1622 GMT)
A review chartered by NASA concluded that it is not possible to operate the Chandra X-Ray Observatory at the funding levels proposed by NASA....

Second RS1 rocket suffers "irrecoverable" damage in pad test
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:21 PM ET (1621 GMT)
ABL Space Systems says its second RS1 rocket suffered "irrecoverable" damage after a test on its launch pad. The company, in a brief statement Monday,...

H3 launches Japanese Earth science satellite
Posted: Sun, Jul 7 4:44 PM ET (2044 GMT)
An H3 rocket launched a Japanese Earth science satellite June 30. The H3 lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 11:06 pm EDT (...

Chinese rocket stage breaks loose in static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Jul 7 4:36 PM ET (2036 GMT)
A static-fire test of a new Chinese launch vehicle became very dynamic Sunday. The booster for Space Pioneer's Tianlong-3 rocket broke free...



news in brief
US and UK militaries conduct coordinated satellite maneuvers
Posted: Sun, Sep 21 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)

Blue Origin retires a New Shepard capsule after payload flight
Posted: Sun, Sep 21 8:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)

Astra planning first Rocket 4 launch in mid-2026
Posted: Sun, Sep 21 8:21 AM ET (1221 GMT)

news links
Tuesday, October 14
SpaceX Replicates Starship Launch Success as US Races to Moon
Bloomberg News — 7:46 am ET (1146 GMT)


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