Office of Space Commerce starts space traffic coordination system
Posted: Sat, Oct 5 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
The Office of Space Commerce turned on its space traffic coordination system for a set of beta users Monday. Nine satellite operators will use phase...

Falcon 9 grounded after upper stage deorbit anomaly
Posted: Sat, Oct 5 9:55 AM ET (1355 GMT)
SpaceX has halted launches of its Falcon 9 rocket after an anomaly at the end of its most recent mission Sept. 28. SpaceX said that...

H-2A launches reconnaissance satelite
Posted: Sat, Sep 28 6:58 AM ET (1058 GMT)
Japan launched a reconnaissance satellite on the penultimate flight of the H-2A. The rocket lifted off at 12:41 am EDT (0441 GMT) Thursday...

Blue Origin test-fires New Glenn upper stage
Posted: Sat, Sep 28 6:56 AM ET (1056 GMT)
Blue Origin test-fired the upper stage of its first New Glenn rocket this week. The 15-second firing of the stage's two BE-...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg
Posted: Sat, Sep 28 6:51 AM ET (1051 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:01 am EDT (...

Chinese rocket launches five satellites
Posted: Sat, Sep 28 6:49 AM ET (1049 GMT)
A Chinese commercial rocket launched five satellites Tuesday. The Lijian-1, or Kinetica-1, solid-fuel rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center...

NASA selects Firefly Aerospace to launch NOAA weather satellite
Posted: Sat, Sep 28 6:47 AM ET (1047 GMT)
NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to launch a NOAA satellite. NASA announced Monday that it awarded a task order through its Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated...

Starliner makes uncrewed return from ISS
Posted: Sun, Sep 8 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner landed in New Mexico early Saturday, concluding its Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission but without a crew on board. The...

NASA confirms plans to cancel OSAM-1
Posted: Sun, Sep 8 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
NASA has confirmed plans to cancel a $2 billion satellite servicing mission. The agency announced Thursday that it will close out the On-orbit Servicing,...

Chinese spaceplane completes third flight
Posted: Sun, Sep 8 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
A Chinese robotic spaceplane landed Thursday night after nearly nine months in orbit. The experimental reusable spaceplane likely landed around 9:10 pm EDT (0110...