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Contact restored with Ingenuity Mars helicopter
Posted: Sat, Jul 8 1:29 PM ET (1729 GMT)
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter contacted Earth in late June for the first time in more than two months. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said engineers...

Virgin Galactic performs first commercial suborbital flight
Posted: Sat, Jul 8 1:28 PM ET (1728 GMT)
Virgin Galactic completed its first commercial suborbital spaceflight June 29. The company's SpaceShipTwo spaceplane, VSS Unity, separated from its mothership aircraft at 11:29...

Delta 4 Heavy launches NRO satellite
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:50 AM ET (1450 GMT)
A Delta 4 Heavy lifted off early Thursday carrying a classified satellite. The rocket lifted off at 5:18 am EDT (0918 GMT) from Cape...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites early Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:19 am...

Intelsat ends merger talks with SES
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:41 AM ET (1441 GMT)
Intelsat has ended merger talks with rival satellite operator SES. The companies had been negotiating a deal for at least three months that would have...

China launches experimental satellite
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
China launched an experimental satellite late Monday. A Long March 6 lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:18 pm EDT (0318...

Firefly Aerospace to buy remaining Virgin Orbit assets
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
Firefly Aerospace will buy the remaining assets of Virgin Orbit not previously sold in a bankruptcy auction. In court filings last week, the companies said...

ULA conducts Vulcan static fire test
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
United Launch Alliance performed a static-fire test of its Vulcan rocket Wednesday night, one of the final steps before its first launch. The rocket...

Lijian-1 rocket launches 26 satellites
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
A Chinese company placed 26 satellites into orbit on a launch Wednesday. A Lijian-1 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at...

Dragon cargo spacecraft launched to ISS
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
A SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station this morning after a launch from Florida yesterday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from...



news in brief
Starship explodes during preparations for static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Jun 22 6:52 AM ET (1052 GMT)

French government leads investment in Eutelsat
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)

NASA further delays Ax-4 launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)

news links
Saturday, July 12
Firefly Aerospace files for an IPO
TechCrunch — 10:52 am ET (1452 GMT)
Austin-area rocket maker Firefly Aerospace files to go public as FLY
Austin (TX) American-Statesman — 10:52 am ET (1452 GMT)


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