White House releases new space transportation policy
Posted: Sat, Aug 22 7:56 AM ET (1156 GMT)
The White House released a new space transportation policy Thursday with a goal of sharply increasing launch rates. The policy, updated for the first time...

Rocket Lab launches Japanese SAR satellite
Posted: Sat, Aug 22 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched a Japanese radar-imaging satellite Thursday. An Electron rocket lifted off from the company's New Zealand launch site at 9:04...

NASA and Katalyst Space call off Swift reboost attempt
Posted: Sat, Aug 22 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
NASA and Katalyst Space are calling off plans to reboost the orbit of the agency's Swift space telescope. Katalyst said Wednesday its Link spacecraft...

Landspace lands Zhuque-3 booster on second flight
Posted: Sat, Aug 22 7:46 AM ET (1146 GMT)
Chinese launch company Landspace successfully landed the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket for the first time in a flight Tuesday evening. The rocket...

Astronauts remove antenna on ISS spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Aug 22 7:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
Spacewalking astronauts removed a broken antenna outside the International Space Station Tuesday but ran out of time to install its replacement. NASA astronaut Anil Menon...

SpaceX performs two Falcon 9 launches less than an hour apart
Posted: Sun, Aug 16 10:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
SpaceX set a record for the closest interval between Falcon 9 launches Saturday night. One Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station...

Virgin Galactic delays resumption of commercial flights to 2027
Posted: Sun, Aug 16 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)
Virgin Galactic has pushed the start of commercial flights of its new suborbital spaceplane into 2027. The company said in an earnings call Wednesday that...

Veteran astronaut Fincke retires
Posted: Sun, Aug 16 10:53 AM ET (1453 GMT)
Veteran NASA astronaut Mike Fincke has left the agency. NASA announced Wednesday that Fincke has retired from the astronaut corps, 30 years after being selected....

Long March 7A launch fails
Posted: Sun, Aug 16 10:52 AM ET (1452 GMT)
A Chinese rocket exploded shortly after liftoff on Monday. The Long March 7A lifted off from the Wenchang spaceport at about 8 am EDT (1200...

Rocket Lab warns first Neutron launch may slip to 2027
Posted: Sun, Aug 16 10:51 AM ET (1451 GMT)
Rocket Lab warned the first launch of its Neutron rocket might be delayed to next year. In an earnings call Monday, the company said it...