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Sea Launch puts Galaxy 13 into orbit
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 11:17 AM ET (1517 GMT)
A Zenit 3SL booster successfully launched a joint US/Japanese communications satellite early Tuesday. The booster lifted off at 12:03 am EDT (0403 GMT)...

NASA: No ISS accident risk
Posted: Tue, Sep 30 10:08 AM ET (1408 GMT)
NASA space station managers said Monday that they don't believe that the International Space Station is facing the same level of safety concerns as...

Lockheed, Northrop to join forces on OSP
Posted: Tue, Sep 30 9:56 AM ET (1356 GMT)
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman announced late Monday that the two companies would work together to develop a design for NASA's Orbital Space Plane (...

Meteor strikes Indian village
Posted: Sun, Sep 28 7:24 PM ET (2324 GMT)
As many as 20 people were injured in India Sunday when a small meteor reportedly struck a village. The meteor struck a village in the...

Ariane 5 launches three satellites
Posted: Sun, Sep 28 12:26 PM ET (1626 GMT)
An Ariane 5 booster successfully launched three spacecraft, including Europe's first lunar mission, Saturday night. The Ariane 5G lifted off From Kourou, French Guiana,...

Kosmos launches six satellites
Posted: Sat, Sep 27 11:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
A Russian Kosmos booster successfully launched six small satellites early Saturday. The Kosmos-3M lifted off from Plesetsk in northern Russia at 2:12 am...

Japan delays spysat launch
Posted: Sat, Sep 27 11:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
Japan has delayed Saturday's scheduled launch of two reconnaissance satellites for several days because of a problem with the H-2A launch vehicle. The...

Kosmos launch delayed one day
Posted: Fri, Sep 26 9:54 AM ET (1354 GMT)
The launch of six small satellites on a Russian Kosmos booster has been delayed 24 hours to correct a problem with the launch vehicle, Russian...

Report: Northrop may drop OSP bid
Posted: Thu, Sep 25 11:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
Northrop Grumman is planning to drop its bid to develop NASA's Orbital Space Plane (OSP) and instead partner with Lockheed Martin, Space News reported...

Former ASAP member concerned about ISS safety
Posted: Wed, Sep 24 11:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
One of the members of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) who resigned this week said Tuesday that there have been several incidents on the...



news in brief
NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch two science missions
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)


Perseverance Mars rover finds more potential biosignatures
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)

news links
Saturday, June 27
Cosmic Storms Shaped the First Stars in the Universe
Academia Sinica — 8:32 pm ET (0032 GMT)
RAS Fellow awarded 2026 Carl Sagan Medal
Royal Astronomical Society — 8:29 pm ET (0029 GMT)
Bow-and-arrow-shaped radio galaxy discovered by citizen scientist
Royal Astronomical Society — 8:29 pm ET (0029 GMT)


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