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DARPA picks Boeing to build XS-1 spaceplane
Posted: Sat, May 27 9:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)
DARPA announced May 24 it has selected Boeing to develop a prototype reusable spaceplane. Boeing will build its "Phantom Express" for DARPA's Experimental Spaceplane...

White House offers $19.1 billion for NASA in 2018 budget request
Posted: Sat, May 27 9:51 AM ET (1351 GMT)
The White House's detailed fiscal year 2018 budget request, released May 23, provided more information on planned cuts to NASA Earth science and education...

Astronauts replace ISS electronics during contingency spacewalk
Posted: Sat, May 27 9:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)
Astronauts successfully replaced a faulty computer outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk May 23. Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson spent 2 hours and...

Rocket Lab set for first launch
Posted: Sun, May 21 10:04 AM ET (1404 GMT)
Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch its first Electron small rocket this week, although weather has already postponed the first launch attempt by a day....

NASA facing cuts in 2018 budget proposal
Posted: Sun, May 21 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)
More than $560 million in budget cuts will be spread across many NASA programs, from science to human spaceflight, when the White House releases its...

Soyuz launches SES-15 satellite
Posted: Sun, May 21 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed an SES satellite into orbit. The Soyuz launched from French Guiana on schedule at 7:54 am EDT (1154 GMT) May...

Report finds costs of SLS test stands soared
Posted: Sun, May 21 10:01 AM ET (1401 GMT)
The cost of two test stands build for NASA's SLS nearly doubled as the agency sought to accelerate their construction. A recent report by...

China wins order for Indonesian satellite
Posted: Sun, May 21 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
China Great Wall and Palapa Satelit Nusantara Sejahtera, an Indonesian joint venture, signed a contract May 17 in Jakarta for the Palapa-N1 spacecraft. Palapa-...

Chinese satellites raising orbits after launch anomaly
Posted: Sat, Dec 31 10:51 AM ET (1551 GMT)
Two Chinese satellites placed in the wrong orbit after a launch earlier this week are raising their orbits. The two SuperView-1 Earth imaging spacecraft,...

SpaceX preparing for Iridium return-to-flight launch
Posted: Sat, Dec 31 10:50 AM ET (1550 GMT)
The return to flight of SpaceX's Falcon 9 grows closer as its payload of satellites is prepared for launch. Iridium released a photo Thursday...



news in brief
Cargo Dragon mission launches after Soyuz scrub
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)

Electron launches NRO mission
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)

China launches military weather satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)

news links
Friday, March 29
Why Cislunar Security Must Be a Space Force Concern
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 7:21 am ET (1121 GMT)
Advancing in Space, China Poses Growing Threat, USSF Leaders Warn
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 7:20 am ET (1120 GMT)
Space Force Aims to Bring In Full-Time Reservists This Summer, Saltzman Says
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 7:20 am ET (1120 GMT)
Sierra Space hires Rocket Lab VP as COO
BizWest — 7:20 am ET (1120 GMT)


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