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GSLV launches EOS-05 imaging satellite
Posted: Sat, Sep 5 10:05 AM ET (1405 GMT)
The Indian space agency ISRO successfully launched an Earth imaging satellite in its first mission since a January failure. A GSLV Mark 2 rocket lifted...

Space Force has new commanding general
Posted: Sat, Sep 5 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
The US Space Force has a new commanding general. In a ceremony Thursday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Gen. Douglas Schiess took over as...

HyImpulse raises more than 50 million euros
Posted: Sat, Sep 5 9:51 AM ET (1351 GMT)
German launch company HyImpulse has raised additional funding ahead of a suborbital launch. HyImpulse announced Wednesday it raised more than 50 million euros ($58 million)...

NASA awards Blue Origin contact for Mars telecom orbiter
Posted: Sat, Sep 5 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)
NASA selected Blue Origin to build a Mars telecommunications orbiter. The agency said Tuesday it awarded a contract to Blue Origin valued at about $700...

Astronauts complete fourth ISS spacewalk in a month
Posted: Sat, Sep 5 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
Astronauts conducted the fourth spacewalk outside the ISS in less than a month Tuesday. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot spent six...

Falcon Heavy launches Roman Space Telescope
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:25 PM ET (0025 GMT)
A Falcon Heavy successfully launched a NASA space telescope that promises to revolutionize astronomy on Sunday. The Falcon Heavy lifted off from the Kennedy Space...

President Trump proposes new space academy
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:20 PM ET (0020 GMT)
President Donald Trump announced Friday a proposal to create a federal academy to train the space workforce. Trump signed an executive order establishing a commission...

Ariane 6 launches European weather satellite
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:16 PM ET (0016 GMT)
An Ariane 6 launched a European weather satellite Thursday. An Ariane 62 lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 4:11 pm EDT (2011 GMT),...

ESA awards first European Launcher Challenge contracts
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:14 PM ET (0014 GMT)
ESA awarded contracts Thursday to three European launch startups. The contracts, with a combined value of 543.6 million euros ($632.9 million), went to...

SpaceX announces Louisiana launch site for Starship
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:12 PM ET (0012 GMT)
SpaceX revealed plans Tuesday to build a massive new Starship launch site in Louisiana. The company and state officials announced Starbase Louisiana, a facility that...



news in brief
EnduroSat raises $205 million
Posted: Sun, Sep 20 6:35 AM ET (1035 GMT)

Impulse Space raises additional $308 million
Posted: Sun, Sep 20 6:34 AM ET (1034 GMT)

Russia launches Progress cargo spacecraft to ISS
Posted: Sun, Sep 20 6:28 AM ET (1028 GMT)

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