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House committee opposes proposed NASA budget cuts
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
Member of the House Science Committee broadly rejected a proposed NASA budget for fiscal year 2027 that would make sharp cuts to agency programs. At...

Electron launches Japanese cubesats
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
An Electron rocket launched a set of Japanese cubesats Wednesday night. The Electron lifted off from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand...

NASA to launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in September
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is ready to launch ahead of schedule. NASA announced Tuesday it is planning an early September launch of...

Pentagon cancels troubled OCX program
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:51 AM ET (1451 GMT)
The Pentagon has officially ended a program to develop a next-generation GPS ground system after extensive overruns. The Defense Department said Monday it has...

New Glenn fails to place AST SpaceMobile payload in orbit on third launch
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:50 AM ET (1450 GMT)
A New Glenn launch on Sunday placed an AST SpaceMobile payload into the wrong orbit. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 7:...

Artemis 2 splashes down
Posted: Sat, Apr 11 10:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
NASA's Artemis 2 mission successfully concluded with a splashdown of the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean Friday. The Orion spacecraft Integrity splashed down...

Space Force picks 14 companies for GEO surveillance program
Posted: Sat, Apr 11 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
The Space Force selected 14 companies Wednesday to participate in a $1.8 billion program to monitor activities in geosynchronous orbit. The program known as...

Report warns of growing counterspace concerns
Posted: Sat, Apr 11 10:32 AM ET (1432 GMT)
A new report says space security is shifting from a niche arms-control concern to a central policy issue as reliance on satellites deepens and...

Minotaur 4 launches military satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 11 10:31 AM ET (1431 GMT)
A Minotaur 4 launched a mission for the Defense Department's Space Test Program Tuesday. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in...

Starfish Space raises more than $100 million
Posted: Sat, Apr 11 10:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
Starfish Space has raised more than $100 million to scale up production of satellite servicing vehicles. The company announced a Series B round Tuesday led...



news in brief
Pentagon dismisses $1.2 trillion cost estimate for Golden Dome
Posted: Sat, May 16 9:36 AM ET (1336 GMT)


Kinetica-1 launches five satellites
Posted: Sat, May 16 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)

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