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Progress cargo spacecraft sent to ISS
Posted: Thu, Oct 30 9:56 AM ET (1356 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft early Wednesday that docked with the International Space Station several hours later. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket...

Antares rocket explodes moments after liftoff
Posted: Wed, Oct 29 9:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket exploded seconds after lifting off from Virginia Tuesday evening, destroying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft it was carrying. The Antares...

China launches experimental satellite
Posted: Wed, Oct 29 8:53 AM ET (1253 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese satellite Monday that state media says will be used to conduct scientific experiments. The Long March 2C rocket...

Errant boat scrubs Antares launch
Posted: Tue, Oct 28 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
A boat that strayed into restricted waters forced launch controllers to scrub Monday's scheduled launch of a cargo mission to the International Space Station....

Dragon departs ISS, returns to Earth
Posted: Mon, Oct 27 8:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
A commercial cargo spacecraft departed from the International Space Station on Saturday morning and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean several hours later. The SpaceX...

Rosetta's comet composition yields an unpleasant odor
Posted: Mon, Oct 27 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
The comet being studied by Europe's Rosetta mission has a composition that would, if it could be smelled, produce an unpleasant odor. Analyses of...

China launches circumlunar mission
Posted: Sat, Oct 25 11:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
China launched early Friday a spacecraft on a trip around the Moon that the country describes as a test of a future lunar sample return...

Russian cosmonauts speed through EVA
Posted: Thu, Oct 23 7:02 AM ET (1102 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts worked quickly on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, completing their tasks well ahead of schedule. Max Suraev and...

Proton launches Russian communications satellite
Posted: Wed, Oct 22 9:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a Russian communications satellite on Tuesday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:09 am EDT (...

Mars spacecraft survive comet flyby
Posted: Wed, Oct 22 8:53 AM ET (1253 GMT)
Spacecraft from the United States, Europe, and India all reported no problems after a comet passed within 140,000 kilometers of Mars this week. Comet...



news in brief
Lithuania signs Artemis Accords
Posted: Sat, May 18 9:39 AM ET (1339 GMT)

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California
Posted: Sat, May 18 9:38 AM ET (1338 GMT)

Intuitive Machines upgrading next lunar lander
Posted: Sat, May 18 9:35 AM ET (1335 GMT)

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