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India launches communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Sep 2 7:07 PM ET (2307 GMT)
India successfully launched a communications satellite in the return to flight of a launch vehicle that failed in its last launch over a year ago....

ISS crew relocates docking adapter
Posted: Fri, Aug 31 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station moved a docking adapter on the station's Unity module to make way for the arrival later this...

NASA finds no evidence of intoxicated astronauts
Posted: Thu, Aug 30 8:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
An internal investigation by NASA has failed to turn up any proof that astronauts were intoxicated immediately before spaceflights, contrary to the claims of an...

Boeing wins Ares 1 upper stage contract
Posted: Wed, Aug 29 7:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
NASA has selected Boeing to manufacture the upper stage of its Ares 1 crew launch vehicle, the space agency announced Tuesday. The contract, valued at $...

Mars rovers resume driving
Posted: Tue, Aug 28 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
After weathering a potentially mission-ending dust storm, NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers have resumed driving on the Martian surface, JPL recently announced. The...

NASA to repair shuttle external tank insulation
Posted: Sat, Aug 25 9:03 AM ET (1303 GMT)
NASA plans to repair insulation on several shuttle external tanks to prevent foam shedding that damaged tiles on the Endeavour earlier this month. Inspection of...

Edge-on view of rings of Uranus
Posted: Fri, Aug 24 9:43 AM ET (1343 GMT)
Telescopes on Earth and in space have observed the rings of Uranus as they appear edge-on from Earth, an event that takes place only...

Astronomers find giant void in universe
Posted: Fri, Aug 24 9:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
Radio astronomers have discovered a giant "hole" in a region of the universe devoid of any sort of matter, they announced Thursday. In a paper...

Shuttle lands in Florida
Posted: Tue, Aug 21 2:09 PM ET (1809 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour landed safely in Florida, ending a nearly two-week mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour touched town at the Kennedy...

Valves replaced in EELV upper stages
Posted: Tue, Aug 21 7:32 AM ET (1132 GMT)
A valve implicated in a partial failure of an Atlas 5 rocket in June has been replaced in the engines of the upper stages of...



news in brief
US and UK militaries conduct coordinated satellite maneuvers
Posted: Sun, Sep 21 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)

Blue Origin retires a New Shepard capsule after payload flight
Posted: Sun, Sep 21 8:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)

Astra planning first Rocket 4 launch in mid-2026
Posted: Sun, Sep 21 8:21 AM ET (1221 GMT)

news links
Tuesday, September 23
Firefly Aerospace Posts Wider Loss as Revenue Falls
Wall Street Journal — 7:00 am ET (1100 GMT)
The U.S. must draw red lines in space now
Washington Times — 6:56 am ET (1056 GMT)
SpaceX Launches NROL-48 Mission from Vandenberg on Monday
Santa Barbara (CA) Edhat — 6:56 am ET (1056 GMT)
Space Force finds a home at Springfield Air National Guard Base
Dayton (OH) Daily News — 6:56 am ET (1056 GMT)


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