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Atlas 5 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Wed, Nov 4 8:14 PM ET (0114 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a GPS navigation satellite Saturday after a one-day delay. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off at 12:13...

NASA investigation finds no single root cause for Antares failure
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 11:18 AM ET (1518 GMT)
A NASA investigation into last year's Antares launch failure could not find a single technical root cause for the accident, saying instead that any...

Atlas 5 launch delayed to Saturday
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 11:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
A faulty valve in launch pad equipment forced a one-day delay of an Atlas 5 launch carrying a GPS satellite. The launch of the...

China launches mapping satellite
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 11:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
A Long March rocket successfully launched a mapping satellite Monday. The Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 3:...

Space Launch System completes critical design review
Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has passed a key milestone in its development and remains on track for a first launch in 2018, NASA...

ESA selects ExoMars landing site
Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:30 AM ET (1530 GMT)
The European Space Agency has selected a region thought to once be a river delta as the landing site for a 2018 rover mission. ESA...

Asteroid to pass near the Earth on Halloween
Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:29 AM ET (1529 GMT)
An asteroid discovered earlier this month will pass within half a million kilometers of the Earth on Halloween, but poses on impact threat to the...

Proton launches Turksat-4B
Posted: Sat, Oct 17 6:26 PM ET (2226 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a communications satellite for a Turkish company Saturday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4:40...

SpaceX changes plans for return-to-flight mission
Posted: Sat, Oct 17 6:24 PM ET (2224 GMT)
SpaceX said Friday that it will launch a group of ORBCOMM satellites, and not one for SES, when its Falcon 9 rocket returns to flight...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Oct 17 6:23 PM ET (2223 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a Chinese communications satellite into orbit early Saturday. The Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch...



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
Smith Engineering students connect with astronaut
Queen's Univ. — 7:12 am ET (1112 GMT)
Japan’s SLIM moon lander survives a second brutal lunar night
Popular Science — 7:10 am ET (1110 GMT)


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