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Falcon 9 launches lunar landers for Firefly and ispace
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
Two commercial lunar landers are on their way to the moon after a launch overnight. A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center...

SpaceX launches Transporter-12 rideshare mission
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:09 AM ET (1509 GMT)
SpaceX launched more than 130 satellites on its latest rideshare mission Tuesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at...

SpaceX launches seventh set of NRO satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of NRO satellites Thursday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 10:53 pm...

ISRO delays docking experiment
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:36 AM ET (1536 GMT)
The Indian space agency ISRO postponed a planned docking experiment involving two satellites launched last week. ISRO said Wednesday it postponed the docking of the...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:34 AM ET (1534 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 10:27 am EST (1527 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center...

NASA to study two alternative architectures for Mars Sample Return
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:33 AM ET (1533 GMT)
NASA will study two alternative options for its Mars Sample Return (MSR) program in an effort to reduce cost and schedule overruns. NASA announced Tuesday...

Indian space agency to get new chairman
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:30 AM ET (1530 GMT)
The Indian government has named a new head of its space agency ISRO. V. Narayanan will take over as chairman of ISRO next week, succeeding...

Software glitch takes OneWeb out of service for two days
Posted: Sat, Jan 4 8:44 AM ET (1344 GMT)
Eutelsat's OneWeb network was out of service for two days because of a software glitch. The outage began Tuesday, with service from the low...

Parker Solar Probe survives closest flyby of Sun
Posted: Sat, Jan 4 8:41 AM ET (1341 GMT)
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has returned more data confirming a successful close approach to the sun last month. The spacecraft started returning telemetry Wednesday...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites in final launch of 2024
Posted: Sat, Jan 4 8:39 AM ET (1339 GMT)
The final orbital launch of the year was a Starlink mission. A Falcon 9 lifted off Tuesday at 12:39 am EST (0539 GMT) from...



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Rocket Lab wins contract for NASA smallsat mission
Posted: Sun, May 18 9:18 AM ET (1318 GMT)


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