US and Japan sign space cooperation agreement
Posted: Sat, Jan 21 11:16 AM ET (1616 GMT)
The United States and Japan signed a agreement establishing a framework for future cooperation in space exploration. At a ceremony Jan. 13 at NASA Headquarters...

China launches communications, classified satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 21 11:14 AM ET (1614 GMT)
China launched a small GEO communications satellite Jan. 12. A Long March 2C lifted off at 1:10 pm EST (1810 GMT) from the Xichang...

Russia to send replacement Soyuz to ISS
Posted: Sat, Jan 21 11:08 AM ET (1608 GMT)
Russia will launch a Soyuz spacecraft without a crew to the International Space Station to replace a damaged Soyuz there. The Russian space agency Roscosmos...

First ABL Space Systems RS1 launch fails
Posted: Sun, Jan 15 11:25 AM ET (1625 GMT)
ABL Space Systems suffered a failure in the first launch of its RS1 rocket Tuesday. The RS1 lifted off from Kodiak Island, Alaska, at 6:...

SpaceX launches second batch of OneWeb satellites
Posted: Sun, Jan 15 11:24 AM ET (1624 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of OneWeb satellites Monday night. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 11:50 p.m. Eastern and deployed...

Virgin Orbit first UK launch fails
Posted: Sun, Jan 15 11:21 AM ET (1621 GMT)
Virgin Orbit's first launch from the United Kingdom failed Monday. Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket was released from its Boeing 747 aircraft at about...

Chinese Mars missions may be in trouble
Posted: Sun, Jan 15 11:05 AM ET (1605 GMT)
China's first Mars orbiter and rover appear to be in trouble. The Zhurong rover, which went into hibernation last year during the winter season...

China launches commercial and classified satellites
Posted: Sun, Jan 15 11:04 AM ET (1604 GMT)
Two Chinese launches on Jan. 8 and 9. A Long March 7A lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 5 pm EST (2200...

SpaceX launches Israeli imaging satellite
Posted: Sat, Dec 31 9:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
SpaceX completed the busiest year in its two-decade history early Friday with the launch of an Israeli imaging satellite. A Falcon 9 lifted off...

China launches classified satellite
Posted: Sat, Dec 31 9:53 AM ET (1453 GMT)
China launched a classified satellite Thursday. A Long March 3B rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 11:43 pm WST Wednesday (0443...