China launches experimental satellites
Posted: Sun, Dec 15 9:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
China launched five experimental satellites Thursday. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 2:17 am EST (0717...

Virgin Galactic begins study for Italian spaceport
Posted: Sun, Dec 15 8:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)
Virgin Galactic will work with Italian regulators on potential suborbital launches from Italy. The company announced Thursday it signed an agreement with ENAC, the Italian...

Fleet Space raises $100 million
Posted: Sun, Dec 15 8:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
Australian company Fleet Space Technologies has raised $100 million to advance satellite-based mineral exploration technologies on the Earth and moon. Teachers' Venture Growth, part...

Artemis Accords hits 50 signatories
Posted: Sun, Dec 15 8:55 AM ET (1355 GMT)
The Artemis Accords hit the milestone of 50 nations as signatories Wednesday. In separate events at NASA Headquarters, Panama and Austria signed the Accords, which...

JPL completes investigation into Ingenuity Mars helicopter final flight
Posted: Sun, Dec 15 8:53 AM ET (1353 GMT)
JPL has completed an investigation into the final flight of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter. Ingenuity, designed for just five flights, made a hard landing on...

NASA delays Artemis 2 and 3 missions again
Posted: Sat, Dec 7 10:23 AM ET (1523 GMT)
NASA has again delayed the next Artemis missions to the moon. At a briefing Thursday, NASA announced that the Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed...

Vega C returns to flight with Sentinel-1C launch
Posted: Sat, Dec 7 10:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
Europe's Vega C rocket successfully returned to flight Thursday, nearly two years after a launch failure. The Vega C lifted off from French Guiana...

Trump nominates Jared Isaacman to lead NASA
Posted: Sat, Dec 7 10:07 AM ET (1507 GMT)
President-elect Trump announced Wednesday his intent to nominate Jared Isaacman, a billionaire and private astronaut, as NASA administrator. Isaacman is the CEO of payment...

Orbex halts work on own launch site
Posted: Sat, Dec 7 10:01 AM ET (1501 GMT)
Small launch vehicle developer Orbex is switching launch sites. The company announced Wednesday it would pause development of its own launch site, Sutherland Spaceport in...

India launches ESA's Proba-3 mission
Posted: Sat, Dec 7 9:59 AM ET (1459 GMT)
India launched a European Space Agency mission this morning to create artificial solar eclipses. A PSLV-XL rocket lifted off at 5:34 a.m....