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Tournear returns to SDA
Posted: Sun, Apr 20 10:13 AM ET (1413 GMT)
Derek Tournear will return to lead the Space Force's Space Development Agency after a three-month administrative leave. The Department of the Air Force...

White House proposes steep cuts in NASA science
Posted: Sun, Apr 20 10:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
A draft of the White House's proposed budget for NASA would slash its science budget nearly in half. The "passback" budget for fiscal year...

China launches classified GEO satellite
Posted: Sun, Apr 13 12:00 PM ET (1600 GMT)
China launched the third in a series of classified experimental GEO satellites Thursday. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 12:47 pm EDT (...

Isaacman pushes for simultaneous Moon and Mars programs
Posted: Sun, Apr 13 11:55 AM ET (1555 GMT)
NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman told senators he believed NASA should pursue human Moon and Mars program simultaneously. At his confirmation hearing Wednesday, he told...

SpaceX gets most of first year of NSSL launch contracts
Posted: Sun, Apr 13 11:49 AM ET (1549 GMT)
SpaceX won most of the first year of launches assigned under the new National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contract. SpaceX received seven of the nine...

Redwire and ispace US to partner on lunar missions
Posted: Sun, Apr 13 11:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Redwire is partnering with ispace US on lunar lander missions. The two companies announced a memorandum of understanding Tuesday where Redwire will contribute technologies and...

New Soyuz crew arrives at ISS
Posted: Sun, Apr 13 11:42 AM ET (1542 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft delivered a new crew to the International Space Station early Tuesday. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off at 1:47 am...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 5 1:28 PM ET (1728 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Thursday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:02 pm...

SpinLaunch announces plans for satellite constellation
Posted: Sat, Apr 5 1:25 PM ET (1725 GMT)
Spinlaunch, a company best known for work on an unconventional launch system, is now planning a broadband satellite constellation. The company announced plans Thursday for...

First operational Kuiper satellites scheduled for launch
Posted: Sat, Apr 5 1:21 PM ET (1721 GMT)
The first operational satellites of Amazon's Project Kuiper constellation will launch next week. Amazon and United Launch Alliance announced Wednesday that the first Atlas...



news in brief
Space Force releases new warfighting doctrine
Posted: Sun, Apr 20 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)

Minotaur 4 launches from Vandenberg
Posted: Sun, Apr 20 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)

Rocket Factory Augusburg replaces CEO
Posted: Sun, Apr 20 10:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)

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