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Starship upper stage lost on seventh test flight
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:28 AM ET (1528 GMT)
A SpaceX Starship vehicle broke apart on its latest test flight Thursday, dealing a setback to the company. The Starship/Super Heavy vehicle lifted off...

Pentagon places head of Space Development Agency on leave for investigation
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:25 AM ET (1525 GMT)
The head of the Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) has been placed on administrative leave. The Department of the Air Force has removed...

New Glenn reaches orbit on first launch
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:20 AM ET (1520 GMT)
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket reached orbit on its inaugural launch early Thursday, but the booster didn't stick the landing. The rocket lifted...

Stoke Space raises $260 million
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
Stoke Space has raised $260 million to continue development of its own reusable launch vehicle. The company announced the Series C round Wednesday involving a...

ISRO satellites dock in orbit
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
Two Indian satellites docked in orbit overnight. The twin satellites of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission docked late Wednesday night, the Indian space agency...

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...



news in brief
NASA targets April 1 for Artemis 2 launch
Posted: Sun, Mar 15 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)

China resumes launches after one-month pause
Posted: Sun, Mar 15 8:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)

Alpha returns to flight
Posted: Sun, Mar 15 8:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)

news links
Thursday, March 19
Firefly Aerospace Selected for the 2025 Robert J. Collier Trophy
National Aeronautic Association — 5:22 am ET (0922 GMT)
Rocket Lab wins record contract with US Department of War
Radio New Zealand — 5:17 am ET (0917 GMT)


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