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NASA and Boeing making progress on Starliner investigation
Posted: Sat, Feb 1 9:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
NASA and Boeing are making progress into resolving issues on Starliner's flawed test flight last year, but have yet to fix problems with its...

Astronauts perform ISS spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Feb 1 9:42 AM ET (1442 GMT)
Two astronauts completed a spacewalk outside the ISS Thursday. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent about five and a half hours outside the station on...

Thales Alenia Space wins contract for ESA lunar lander
Posted: Sat, Feb 1 9:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
Thales Alenia Space has won an ESA contract to develop a key element of a European cargo lunar lander. Thales said Thursday the contract, worth...

NASA makes no changes in plans to return Crew-9 astronauts
Posted: Sat, Feb 1 9:37 AM ET (1437 GMT)
NASA effectively ruled out any major changes in plans to return the Crew-9 astronauts from the International Space Station despite comments by President Trump...

Falcon 9 launches Spanish military communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Feb 1 9:29 AM ET (1429 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a Spanish military communications satellite Wednesday. The rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 8:34 pm EST (0134 GMT...

AST SpaceMobile raises $400 million
Posted: Sat, Jan 25 10:18 AM ET (1518 GMT)
AST SpaceMobile raised an additional $400 million to fund development of its direct-to-device constellation. The company raised the money through a convertible debt...

China launches classified satellite
Posted: Sat, Jan 25 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
China launched a classified geostationary satelite Thursday. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 10:32 am EST (1532 GMT) from the Xichang Satellite...

China launches megaconstellation satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 25 10:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)
China launched another batch of megaconstellation satellites Thursday. A Long March 6A lifted off sat 12:11 am EST (0511 GMT) from the Taiyuan Satellite...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 25 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Tuesday morning. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 10:45 am EST (1545 GMT) from Vandenberg Space Force...

Trump picks KSC director to be acting NASA administrator
Posted: Sat, Jan 25 10:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
The second Trump administration started Monday with calls to send humans to Mars but confusion about who was running NASA. In his inaugural address, President...



news in brief
FAA restricts hours for commercial launches during shutdown
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 9:05 AM ET (1405 GMT)

EchoStar sells more spectrum to SpaceX
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 9:01 AM ET (1401 GMT)

China postpones Shenzhou-20 return on orbital debris concerns
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 8:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)

news links
Sunday, November 16
Thailand rejects Starlink offer due to ownership hurdle
Bangkok Post — 12:19 am ET (0519 GMT)
A Second Chance for Jared Isaacman—and NASA
City Journal — 12:13 am ET (0513 GMT)
Nokia sets sights on 5G upgrade for space
Tyn — 12:13 am ET (0513 GMT)
Former ISRO scientist sees business opportunity in cleaning space junk
The Economic Times (India) — 12:09 am ET (0509 GMT)


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