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Falcon Heavy launches first ViaSat-3 satellite
Posted: Sat, May 6 9:39 AM ET (1339 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy finally launched the first ViaSat-3 satellite and two other spacecraft Sunday night. The rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space...

Falcon 9 launches second set of O3b mPower satellites
Posted: Sat, May 6 9:37 AM ET (1337 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched the second pair of O3b mPower satellites for SES April 28. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 29 11:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a set of Starlink satellites Thursday morning. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:...

SpaceShipTwo makes first flight in nearly two years
Posted: Sat, Apr 29 11:29 AM ET (1529 GMT)
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo flew for the first time in nearly two years Wednesday as the company edges closer to commercial service. The company's...

ispace lander crashes on the Moon
Posted: Sat, Apr 29 11:25 AM ET (1525 GMT)
A lander built by Japanese company ispace likely ran out of propellant and crashed on the lunar surface Tuesday. The HAKUTO-R M1 lander was...

Space Force awards SLC-6 at Vandenberg to SpaceX
Posted: Sat, Apr 29 11:22 AM ET (1522 GMT)
SpaceX will take over a launch pad at Vandenberg that had been used by United Launch Alliance. The Space Force said it was assigning Space...

India launches satellites for Singapore
Posted: Sat, Apr 29 11:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
India launched two satellites for Singapore on April 22. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 4:49 am EDT (0849 GMT) from the...

First integrated Starship vehicle launches on brief test flight
Posted: Sat, Apr 22 11:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
SpaceX's Starship launched Thursday morning on a test flight that ended after four minutes with an explosion. The integrated Starship/Super Heavy vehicle lifted...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 22 11:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of second-generation Starlink satellites Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 10:31 am EDT (1431...

NASA releases Artemis architecture definition document
Posted: Sat, Apr 22 11:09 AM ET (1509 GMT)
NASA released a detailed architecture describing its plans for human exploration of the moon and Mars. The 150-page document, published Tuesday, describes how the...



news in brief
Shenzhou 18 launches to Tiangong space station
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)

Starliner cleared for first crewed flight
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)

Cosmonauts perform ISS spacewalk
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)

news links
Saturday, May 4
Satellite Internet Connection to Start Working in Kazakhstan
The Times of Central Asia — 7:02 am ET (1102 GMT)
Air Guardsmen Explain Why They Don’t Want to Switch to the Space Force
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 7:00 am ET (1100 GMT)
Most Guardsmen will retrain or retire rather than join Space Force
FederalNewsRadio.com — 7:00 am ET (1100 GMT)
ULA Poised For First Human Spaceflight
Aviation Week — 6:59 am ET (1059 GMT)


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