Former NASA astronaut Tom Stafford dies
Posted: Sat, Mar 23 11:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
Apollo and Gemini astronaut Tom Stafford has died. Stafford passed away Monday at the age of 93 after an extended illness. Stafford was selected in...

Raytheon satellites dropped from SDA constellation
Posted: Sat, Mar 23 11:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
The Space Development Agency (SDA) will not include seven satellites from Raytheon in a missile-tracking constellation. The agency said it is "reevaluating and considering...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida
Posted: Sat, Mar 23 11:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a set of Starlink satellites March 15. The Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 8:21 pm...

SpaceX launches third Starship test flight
Posted: Sun, Mar 17 9:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
SpaceX launched Starship on a third, mostly successful test flight Thursday. The Starship/Super Heavy vehicle lifted off from the company's Starbase facility in...

Chinese launch of lunar satellites malfunctions
Posted: Sun, Mar 17 8:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
A malfunction during a Chinese launch Wednesday may have doomed two lunar spacecraft. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch...

First launch of Japanese Kairos rocket fails seconds after liftoff
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)
The first launch of a privately developed Japanese rocket ended in an explosion seconds after liftoff. The Kairos rocket lifted off at 10:01 pm...

Rocket Lab launches Synspective SAR satellite
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite Tuesday. The company's Electron rocket lifted off from its New Zealand launch site at 11:03...

Crew-7 returns to Earth
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:45 AM ET (1545 GMT)
A Crew Dragon spacecraft returned four people from the International Space Station Tuesday morning. The spacecraft Endurance splashed down off the Florida coast near Pensacola...

NASA requests $25.4 billion in 2025 budget proposal
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
NASA says that it's faced with "hard choices" for its programs because of spending caps. The agency released its 2025 budget proposal Monday, seeking...

SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:28 AM ET (1528 GMT)
SpaceX launched a pair of Starlink missions five hours apart Sunday night. One Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 7:05 pm...