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SpaceX launches Starlink and BlackSky satellites
Posted: Sun, Dec 5 11:50 AM ET (1650 GMT)
SpaceX launched four dozen Starlink satellites and two BlackSky satellites Thursday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:12 pm...

ISS spacewalkers replace faulty antenna
Posted: Sun, Dec 5 11:44 AM ET (1644 GMT)
Two NASA astronauts replaced a broken antenna on the ISS during a spacewalk Thursday. Astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron spend six hours and 32...

Rocket Lab discloses details of Neutron rocket
Posted: Sun, Dec 5 11:29 AM ET (1629 GMT)
Rocket Lab released new details Thursday about its Neutron reusable rocket. The medium-class rocket features a distinct design that includes a wide base with...

NASA selects three companies for commercial space station studies
Posted: Sun, Dec 5 11:25 AM ET (1625 GMT)
NASA selected three companies for more than $400 million in awards to advance concepts for commercial space stations that could succeed the International Space Station....

White House releases space priorities document
Posted: Sat, Dec 4 10:41 AM ET (1541 GMT)
The White House released its space policy priorities Wednesday. The seven-page "United States Space Priorities Framework" document, released just before the first meeting of...

Report warns of space station gap
Posted: Sat, Dec 4 10:40 AM ET (1540 GMT)
NASA's inspector general warned of a gap in low Earth orbit between the International Space Station and commercial successors. In a report Tuesday, the...

Astroscale raises $109 million
Posted: Sat, Dec 4 10:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
Astroscale raised $109 million in a new funding round Nov. 25. The company raised the Series F round from Japanese and European investors, bringing the...

China launches classified satellites
Posted: Sat, Dec 4 10:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
A Chinese small launch vehicle placed a classified satellite into orbit Nov. 24. The Kuaizhou-1A lifted off at 6:41 pm EST (2341 GMT)...

Soyuz launches military satellite
Posted: Sat, Dec 4 10:37 AM ET (1537 GMT)
Russia launched a military satellite Nov. 24. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off at 8:09 pm EST (0109 GMT Nov. 25) from the...

Soyuz launches Prichal ISS module
Posted: Sat, Nov 27 10:25 AM ET (1525 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a new International Space Station module Wednesday. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off at 8:08 am EST (1308 GMT)...



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
Wednesday, April 24
Korea launches first nanosatellite in New Zealand
Aju Business Daily — 6:19 am ET (1019 GMT)
Injuries at SpaceX shoot way above industry norm
Houston Chronicle — 6:16 am ET (1016 GMT)
SpaceX launched a Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral
WESH-TV Orlando — 6:15 am ET (1015 GMT)


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