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Perseverance lands on Mars
Posted: Fri, Feb 19 6:59 PM ET (2359 GMT)
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars Thursday. Signals confirming a safe touchdown of the rover in Jezero Crater, Mars, arrived at the Jet...

Raytheon to challenge Lockheed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne
Posted: Fri, Feb 19 6:53 PM ET (2353 GMT)
Raytheon says it will challenge Lockheed Martin's acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne. Raytheon CEO Gregory Hayes said at an investor conference Wednesday that his company...

SpaceX raises $850 million
Posted: Fri, Feb 19 6:53 PM ET (2353 GMT)
SpaceX has reportedly raised a new round of $850 million, valuing the company at $74 billion. The round, closed last week, valued the company at $...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites; booster landing fails
Posted: Fri, Feb 19 6:50 PM ET (2350 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched another set of Starlink satellites Monday, but the first stage failed to land for the first time in nearly a year....

Russia launches Progress cargo spacecraft
Posted: Fri, Feb 19 6:48 PM ET (2348 GMT)
Russia launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station Sunday night. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off at 11:45 p.m....

Falcon Heavy to launch first Gateway elements
Posted: Sun, Feb 14 9:52 AM ET (1452 GMT)
A Falcon Heavy will launch the first modules of the lunar Gateway. NASA said Tuesday it awarded a contract to SpaceX for the Falcon Heavy...

Chinese Mars mission enters orbit
Posted: Sun, Feb 14 9:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft went into orbit around Mars early Wednesday. The spacecraft fired its main engine for about 15 minutes shortly before 7...

UAE Hope spacecraft arrives at Mars
Posted: Sun, Feb 14 9:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
The UAE's Hope spacecraft entered orbit around Mars Tuesday. The spacecraft fired its thrusters for 27 minutes, slowing the spacecraft down enough to be...

Thales Alenia to build Telesat LEO constellation
Posted: Sun, Feb 14 9:40 AM ET (1440 GMT)
Telesat has selected Thales Alenia Space to build its low Earth orbit constellation. Telesat said that the 298-satellite system, which it now calls Lightspeed,...

Lockheed Martin selects ABL for UK launch
Posted: Sun, Feb 14 9:33 AM ET (1433 GMT)
Lockheed Martin has selected ABL Space Systems to carry out a launch from the United Kingdom next year. Lockheed said ABL will perform the UK...



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
Why Cislunar Security Must Be a Space Force Concern
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 7:21 am ET (1121 GMT)
Advancing in Space, China Poses Growing Threat, USSF Leaders Warn
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 7:20 am ET (1120 GMT)
Space Force Aims to Bring In Full-Time Reservists This Summer, Saltzman Says
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 7:20 am ET (1120 GMT)
Sierra Space hires Rocket Lab VP as COO
BizWest — 7:20 am ET (1120 GMT)


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