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Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, May 5 6:33 AM ET (1033 GMT)
Falcon 9 launched a set of Starlink satellites April 28. The rocket launched at 6:08 pm EDT (2208 GMT) from Cape Canaveral and deployed...

Falcon 9 launches Galileo satellites
Posted: Sun, May 5 6:31 AM ET (1031 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a pair of European Galileo navigation satellites April 27. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 8:34 pm EDT (0034 GMT...

Shenzhou 18 launches to Tiangong space station
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
A new crew launched to China's Tiangong space station Thursday. A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at...

Starliner cleared for first crewed flight
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
The first crewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is a step closer to launch. NASA completed a flight test readiness review Thursday for...

Cosmonauts perform ISS spacewalk
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)
Two cosmonauts wrapped up an ISS spacewalk ahead of schedule Thursday. Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub were scheduled to spend up to seven hours outside...

Russia vetoes UN resolution on nuclear weapons in space
Posted: Sat, Apr 27 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday regarding the placement of nuclear weapons in space. The resolution, drafted by Japan and the United...

Electron launches NASA, South Korean satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 27 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched a South Korean imaging satellite and a NASA solar sail experiment Tuesday. An Electron rocket lifted off at 6:32 pm EDT (...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 27 10:14 AM ET (1414 GMT)
SpaceX achieved its 300th booster landing on a launch Tuesday evening. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:17 pm EDT (2217...

Voyager 1 resumes returning data
Posted: Sat, Apr 27 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is once again returning data to Earth. NASA said Monday that the spacecraft successfully transmitted engineering data last week, five...

China launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 27 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
China launched its second Yaogan-42 reconnaissance satellite April 20. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 7:...



news in brief
NASA and ESA finalize ExoMars Rosalind Franklin agreement
Posted: Sun, May 19 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)

Russia launches classified satellite
Posted: Sun, May 19 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)

BEpiColombo Mercury mission suffers thruster problem
Posted: Sun, May 19 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)

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