NASA to try new approach to fix InSight instrument Posted: Sun, Jun 9 9:46 AM ET (1346 GMT) NASA is planning a new approach to resolving a problem with an instrument on the InSight Mars lander. The Heat Flow and Physics Properties Package... Virgin Orbit planning spaceports in Britain and Japan Posted: Sun, Jun 9 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT) The UK government will fund development of spaceport facilities at a British airport to allow it to host Virgin Orbit. The UK Space Agency and... China performs first sea-based orbital launch Posted: Sun, Jun 9 9:44 AM ET (1344 GMT) China successfully launched a small rocket from a ship in the Yellow Sea Wednesday. A Long March 11 rocket launched from the ship at 12:... House defense bill draft doesn't include Space Force Posted: Sun, Jun 9 9:43 AM ET (1343 GMT) A draft version of a defense authorization bill in the House is silent on the issue of creating a Space Force. The House Armed Services... NASA awards contracts to three companies for commercial lunar lander missions Posted: Sun, Jun 2 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT) NASA announced Friday the award of more than $250 million in contracts to three companies to deliver NASA payloads to the lunar surface by 2021.... Proton launches Russian communications satellite Posted: Sun, Jun 2 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT) A Proton successfully launched a Russian communications satellite Thursday. The Proton lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 1:42 pm EDT (1742 GMT), releasing... Northrop Grumman tests OmegA first stage motor Posted: Sun, Jun 2 10:19 AM ET (1419 GMT) Northrop Grumman said a static-fire test of the first stage of its OmegA rocket was a success despite an apparent anomaly near the end.... Inmarsat orders three satellites from Airbus Posted: Sun, Jun 2 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT) Inmarsat has ordered three new Global Xpress satellites from Airbus. The contract, announced early Thursday, covers the production of satellites GX 7, 8 and 9... Russian cosmonauts perform spacewalk outside ISS Posted: Sun, Jun 2 10:17 AM ET (1417 GMT) Two Russian cosmonauts carried out a six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station Wednesday. Oleg Kononenko and Alexey Ovchinin started the spacewalk at 11:... Technical issues postpone SpaceX Starlink launch Posted: Sun, May 19 11:11 AM ET (1511 GMT) SpaceX postponed Thursday night's scheduled launch of 60 Starlink satellites because of a technical issue. The company postponed the launch more than two hours... |
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