Parachutes damaged in test of ExoMars 2020 descent system
Posted: Sun, Jul 7 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
ESA suffered a setback in the development of its ExoMars 2020 mission when parachutes were damaged in a recent test. The agency said that during...

Orion abort system test a success
Posted: Sun, Jul 7 10:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
NASA performed a successful in-flight test of the Orion spacecraft's abort system Tuesday morning. The refurbished Peacekeeper booster motor carrying a boilerplate Orion...

SpaceX loses contact with five percent of new Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Jul 7 10:16 AM ET (1416 GMT)
SpaceX says it has lost contact with three of the 60 Starlink satellites it launched in May. In a statement, SpaceX said 45 of the...

Rocket Lab launches several smallsats
Posted: Sun, Jun 30 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
A Rocket Lab Electron launched a group of seven satellites for payload aggregator Spaceflight on Saturday. The Electron lifted off from the company's New...

NASA selects Titan mission
Posted: Sun, Jun 30 10:33 AM ET (1433 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday it selected the Dragonfly mission to Titan as its next New Frontiers mission. Dragonfly will launch in 2026 and arrive at Titan,...

Canadian pension fund invests in SpaceX
Posted: Sun, Jun 30 10:32 AM ET (1432 GMT)
A Canadian pension fund is the latest investor in SpaceX. The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan announced Thursday it had made an investment of undisclosed size...

Hayabusa2 to attempt another asteroid landing
Posted: Sun, Jun 30 10:31 AM ET (1431 GMT)
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will attempt a second landing on the asteroid Ryugu in July. The Japanese space agency JAXA announced that the spacecraft will...

SpaceIL drops plans for second lunar landing
Posted: Sun, Jun 30 10:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
SpaceIL has abandoned plans to make a second lunar landing attempt. The organization, a former competitor in the Google Lunar X Prize, said days after...

Bridenstine estimates Artemis program cost at $20-30 billion
Posted: Sun, Jun 16 10:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Thursday he estimates NASA will need an additional $20–30 billion to carry out the Artemis program. In an interview...

House committee approves Space Corps
Posted: Sun, Jun 16 10:13 AM ET (1413 GMT)
The House Armed Services Committee approved a proposal late Wednesday night to create a Space Corps. During a late-night markup of its National Defense...