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Perseverance starts driving on Mars
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 6:12 PM ET (2312 GMT)
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has started driving on Mars. Project officials said March 5 the rover made its first drive a day earlier, two...

Astronauts perform spacewalk to upgrade ISS solar power system
Posted: Fri, Mar 12 6:09 PM ET (2309 GMT)
Two astronauts continued work March 5 to upgrade the International Space Station's power system. NASA's Kate Rubins and JAXA's Soichi Noguchi spent...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 7 12:02 PM ET (1702 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched another group of Starlink satellites early Thursday. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 3:24 am EST (0824 GMT) from...

Starship SN10 explodes after test flight
Posted: Sun, Mar 7 11:56 AM ET (1656 GMT)
SpaceX launched and landed a Starship prototype Wednesday, only to have the vehicle explode minutes later. The Starship SN10 prototype flew to an altitude of...

Japanese billionaire announces contest for Starship mission
Posted: Sun, Mar 7 11:49 AM ET (1649 GMT)
A Japanese billionaire is relaunching plans to fly people around the moon on SpaceX's Starship. Yusaku Maezawa unveiled a new contest Tuesday to select...

Chinese private launch failure blamed on falling foam
Posted: Sun, Mar 7 11:42 AM ET (1642 GMT)
A Chinese commercial launch failed last month because of foam insulation. The Hyperbola-1 rocket launched Feb. 1 but appeared to veer off course shortly...

Spire goes public through SPAC
Posted: Sun, Mar 7 11:41 AM ET (1641 GMT)
Spire Global is the latest space company to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Spire announced Monday it is...

SpaceX blames failed landing on engine shutdown
Posted: Sat, Mar 6 10:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
SpaceX said Monday that an engine on the most recent Falcon 9 rocket shut down in flight, preventing the booster from landing. A company official...

Rocket Lab to go public through SPAC deal
Posted: Sat, Mar 6 10:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
Rocket Lab announced Monday it is merging with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and developing a larger vehicle. Rocket Lab said it will merge...

Astronauts perform spacewalk for ISS solar panel installation
Posted: Sat, Mar 6 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
Two NASA astronauts spent seven hours outside the International Space Station Sunday beginning work on power upgrades. Kate Rubins and Victor Glover performed the spacewalk,...



news in brief
Blue Origin proposes orbital data center constellation
Posted: Sun, Mar 22 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)

Artemis 2 returns to the pad
Posted: Sun, Mar 22 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)

ESA proposes dedicated Crew Dragon mission to ISS
Posted: Sun, Mar 22 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)

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