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NASA and SpaceX looking into Dragon parachute issue
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:19 PM ET (1719 GMT)
A parachute on a cargo Dragon spacecraft failed to open on time when it splashed down last month, the second time that's happened. NASA...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:14 PM ET (1714 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 1:13 pm EST (1813 GMT)...

SpaceX launches NRO payload
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:08 PM ET (1708 GMT)
SpaceX launched a classified NRO payload Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 3:28 pm EST (2028 GMT)...

SLS rollout for dress rehearsal postponed
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:05 PM ET (1705 GMT)
NASA is delaying the rollout of the Space Launch System for a countdown rehearsal by a month. The rollout of the SLS to Launch Complex...

SpaceX launches Italian radar mapping satellite
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:02 PM ET (1702 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched an Italian radar imaging satellite Monday after days of delays. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:...

Chinese spacecraft moves dead satellite out of GEO
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
A Chinese satellite recently towed a defunct navigation satellite out of geostationary orbit. Data from space tracking firms show that the Shijian-21 satellite docked...

Leshin to be next director of JPL
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:37 AM ET (1537 GMT)
A planetary scientist and university president will be the first woman to lead NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Caltech, which operates JPL for NASA, announced...

D-Orbit to go public through SPAC merger
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:27 AM ET (1527 GMT)
Launch services provider D-Orbit is going public through a SPAC merger. The Italian company, which arranges rideshare launches of smallsats using its ION Satellite...

China launches SAR satelite
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
China launched a civilian radar-imaging satellite Tuesday. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 6:44 pm...

NASA identifies cause of Lucy solar array issue
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
Engineers believe they understand why one of two solar arrays on NASA's Lucy spacecraft failed to fully deploy. One of the circular arrays, 7....



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)

news links
Wednesday, March 25
Launch Services To Gain From Artemis Moon Mission Revamp
Aviation Week — 5:19 am ET (0919 GMT)
Texas quietly approves Starbase launch site expansion
San Antonio Express-News — 5:17 am ET (0917 GMT)
SpaceX Reschedules Rocket Launch to Wednesday Night
Santa Barbara (CA) Edhat — 5:16 am ET (0916 GMT)


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