Falcon 9 launches Italian imaging satellite
Posted: Sat, Jan 3 11:37 AM ET (1637 GMT)
SpaceX started the new year with the launch of an Italian imaging satellite Friday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base...

ESA suffers cyberattack
Posted: Sat, Jan 3 11:32 AM ET (1632 GMT)
The European Space Agency confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack but downplayed the severity of the incident. Hackers claimed to have accessed confidential documents,...

China closes record launch year
Posted: Sat, Jan 3 11:18 AM ET (1618 GMT)
China closed out a record launch year with the launch of a pair of technology demonstration satellites Tuesday. A Long March 7A lifted off at...

ISRO tests upgraded SSLV upper stage
Posted: Sat, Jan 3 11:15 AM ET (1615 GMT)
The Indian space agency ISRO has completed tests of an upgraded stage for a small launch vehicle. ISRO said Tuesday it performed a static-fire...

Isaacman opens door to alternatives to moving shuttle Discovery
Posted: Sat, Jan 3 11:13 AM ET (1613 GMT)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman appeared to open the door to alternatives to moving the space shuttle Discovery from a Smithsonian museum to Houston. A provision...

Bruno resigns from ULA, joins Blue Origin
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 9:58 AM ET (1458 GMT)
Tory Bruno, the longtime president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, has resigned from the company to work for Blue Origin. ULA announced Monday that...

China launches first Long March 12A, but booster landing fails
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 9:50 AM ET (1450 GMT)
The first flight of the Long March 12A successfully reached orbit, but the rocket’s booster was not able to land. The Long March 12A...

First Innospace launch fails
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 9:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
The first launch of a small South Korean rocket failed shortly after liftoff Monday. Innospace’s first Hanbit-Nano rocket lifted off at 8:13...

Upper stage malfunction dooms H3 launch of navigation satellite
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 9:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
An H3 launch of a Japanese navigation satellite failed Dec. 21 when the rocket’s upper stage malfunctioned. The H3 lifted off from the Tanegashima...

SDA selects four companies to build missile-tracking satellites
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 9:41 AM ET (1441 GMT)
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded $3.5 billion in contracts to four companies for a set of missile-tracking satellites. The contracts, announced Dec....