Stratolaunch conducts first Talon powered flight
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:26 AM ET (1526 GMT)
Stratolaunch successfully launched its first Talon vehicle intended for hypersonics research. The Talon TA-1 vehicle launched from the company's Roc aircraft March 9...

Astra Space to go private
Posted: Sun, Mar 10 9:18 AM ET (1318 GMT)
Astra Space has accepted a proposal from its founders to take the company private. The satellite propulsion and launch vehicle company announced Thursday that its...

UK government to invest in Shetlands spaceport
Posted: Sun, Mar 10 9:17 AM ET (1317 GMT)
The UK government is proposing to invest 10 million pounds ($13 million) into SaxaVord Spaceport. The funding was announced Wednesday in a budget speech by...

SpaceX launches Transporter-10 rideshare mission
Posted: Sun, Mar 10 9:15 AM ET (1315 GMT)
SpaceX launched its tenth Transporter rideshare mission Monday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 5:05 pm EST (...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 10 9:14 AM ET (1314 GMT)
Less than two hours after Transporter-10, SpaceX launched another set of Starlinks. A Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral at 6:56 pm EST (...

Iridium acquires Satellites
Posted: Sat, Mar 9 9:22 AM ET (1422 GMT)
Iridium announced Monday it is acquiring Satelles, a company that provides alternative positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services on its satellites. Iridium is spending about $...

SpaceX launches Crew-8 to ISS
Posted: Sat, Mar 9 9:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
A new crew launched to the International Space Station Sunday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 10:53 pm...

Lockheed Martin offers to buy Terran Orbital
Posted: Sat, Mar 9 9:19 AM ET (1419 GMT)
Lockheed Martin is offering to buy the two-thirds of smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital it does not already own. Lockheed disclosed March 1 that it...

Chinese astronauts perform spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Mar 9 9:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
Chinese astronauts performed a spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station March 2. Tang Hongbo and Jiang Xinlin spent about eight hours outside the station, making...

NASA cancels OSAM-1 satellite servicing mission
Posted: Sat, Mar 9 9:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
NASA is canceling a $2 billion satellite servicing technology demonstration mission because of cost and schedule overruns. NASA announced March 1 that it plans to...