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



news links
Thursday, December 26
Buy SpaceX Stock With Ease, But Beware The Risks
Forbes.com — 7:35 am ET (1235 GMT)
ESA Enlists Portuguese Navy Submarine to Prepare for Deep Space
European Spaceflight — 7:22 am ET (1222 GMT)
Has CNES Opened the Door for a European Space Station?
European Spaceflight — 7:21 am ET (1221 GMT)
Summer read: Cosmic Catastrophes
Cosmos Magazine — 7:18 am ET (1218 GMT)


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