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Soyuz launches OneWeb satellites
Posted: Sat, May 29 4:36 PM ET (2036 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a set of OneWeb satellites Friday. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome at 1:38 pm...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, May 29 4:30 PM ET (2030 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 2:59 pm EDT (1859 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and...

New lunar rover projects announced
Posted: Sat, May 29 4:27 PM ET (2027 GMT)
Several lunar rover projects, from small robotic ones to those that could carry astronauts, are in development. The Japanese space agency JAXA said Wednesday it...

South Korea signs Artemis Accords
Posted: Sat, May 29 4:26 PM ET (2026 GMT)
South Korea has formally signed the Artemis Accords. NASA said Wednesday that the South Korean government formally signed onto the accords, which outline best practices...

Viasat asks FCC to halt Starlink launches
Posted: Sat, May 29 4:25 PM ET (2025 GMT)
Viasat is asking the FCC to halt Starlink launches as it seeks an environmental review of the constellation. Viasat filed a request with the FCC...

SpaceShipTwo flies to space from New Mexico
Posted: Tue, May 25 8:01 PM ET (0001 GMT)
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane made its first flight to the edge of space in more than two years Saturday. The VSS Unity vehicle...

Chinese rover rolls onto Martian surface
Posted: Tue, May 25 7:55 PM ET (2355 GMT)
China's Zhurong rover rolled onto the surface of Mars late Friday, a week after landing. The six-wheeled rover went down a ramp and...

Firefly selects SpaceX for launch of lunar lander
Posted: Tue, May 25 7:51 PM ET (2351 GMT)
Firefly Aerospace selected SpaceX to launch its first lunar lander mission. Firefly announced Thursday its Blue Ghost lunar lander will launch on a Falcon 9...

ESA awards contracts for commercial lunar satellites
Posted: Tue, May 25 7:45 PM ET (2345 GMT)
ESA has awarded study contracts to two industry groups to work on concepts for lunar communications and navigation systems. Under the Moonlight program, consortia led...

China launches ocean science satellite
Posted: Tue, May 25 7:40 PM ET (2340 GMT)
China launched an ocean science satellite May 19. A Long March 4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2D satellite lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch...



news in brief
Three European countries join Artemis Accords
Posted: Sun, Apr 21 9:05 AM ET (1305 GMT)

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on back-to-back launches
Posted: Sun, Apr 21 9:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)

Iceye raises $93 million
Posted: Sat, Apr 20 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)

news links
Tuesday, April 23
Australia's Katherine Bennell-Pegg graduates from European Space Agency astronaut program
Australian Broadcasting Corporation — 6:06 am ET (1006 GMT)


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