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Saudi Arabia names astronauts who will fly on commercial ISS mission
Posted: Sat, Feb 18 9:27 AM ET (1427 GMT)
The government of Saudi Arabia revealed Feb. 12 the two astronauts who will fly to the ISS this spring on a private astronaut mission. The...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Feb 18 9:24 AM ET (1424 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Feb. 12. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station...

Progress spacecraft suffers coolant leak
Posted: Sat, Feb 18 9:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
For the second time in less than two months, a Russian spacecraft docked to the International Space Station suffered a coolant leak. The Russian space...

SpaceX conducts static-fire test of Starship booster
Posted: Sat, Feb 11 8:23 AM ET (1323 GMT)
SpaceX conducted a static-fire test of nearly all the engines in its Starship booster Thursday. The booster ignited its engines at about 4:14...

SSLV reaches orbit on second launch
Posted: Sat, Feb 11 8:18 AM ET (1318 GMT)
India's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) reached orbit on its second launch Thursday night. The rocket lifted off at 10:48 pm EST (0348...

Blue Origin wins first NASA contract for New Glenn
Posted: Sat, Feb 11 8:13 AM ET (1313 GMT)
Blue Origin has won the first NASA award for its New Glenn launch vehicle. NASA announced Thursday it selected the vehicle to launch a pair...

SpaceX restricts "weaponized" use of Starlink in Ukraine
Posted: Sat, Feb 11 8:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
Shotwell also said that Ukraine had "weaponized" Starlink services that SpaceX had provided to the country after Russia's invasion. Shotwell said that after SpaceX...

FCC approves Amazon Project Kuiper plans
Posted: Sat, Feb 11 8:07 AM ET (1307 GMT)
The FCC has approved Amazon's plans to deploy its Project Kuiper broadband constellation. While the FCC gave initial approval for the 3,236-satellite...

SpaceX launches second set of Gen2 Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Jan 29 10:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites early Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 4:32 am EST (0932 GMT), deploying...

Japan launches military reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Sun, Jan 29 10:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
Japan launched a military reconnaissance satellite Wednesday night. The H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:49 pm EST (0149...



news in brief
Rocket Lab wins contract for rocket cargo mission
Posted: Sat, May 10 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)

Capella Space to be acquired by quantum computing company
Posted: Sat, May 10 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)


news links
Tuesday, May 13
Starlink gets 90-day waiver to operate without local gateway
The Daily Star (Bangladesh) — 5:14 am ET (0914 GMT)
US, Italy Sign Joint Space Security Deal
The Defense Post — 5:12 am ET (0912 GMT)


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