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ISS spacewalks postponed
Posted: Sun, Jun 16 10:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
NASA has rescheduled a spacewalk that was postponed Thursday but provided few details about what caused the scrub. NASA postponed a spacewalk by astronauts Tracy...

Apex raises $95 million for satellite bus production
Posted: Sun, Jun 16 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
Satellite manufacturer Apex has raised $95 million to accelerate production of larger buses. The company announced the Series B round Wednesday, led by XYZ Venture...

Virgin Galactic performs last commercial flight of VSS Unity
Posted: Sun, Jun 16 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane made its final commercial flight June 8 as the company moves on to a new generation of vehicles....

Chang'e-6 lands on lunar farside
Posted: Mon, Jun 3 11:53 AM ET (1553 GMT)
China's Chang'e-6 spacecraft successfully landed on the far side of the moon Saturday to collect samples to return to Earth. The Chang’...

Ground computer problem scrubs Starliner launch
Posted: Mon, Jun 3 11:51 AM ET (1551 GMT)
A problem with a ground computer scrubbed a Starliner launch attempt Saturday. The computer glitch halted the countdown less than four minutes before the scheduled...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Mon, Jun 3 11:50 AM ET (1550 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Friday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 10:37 pm EDT (0237 GMT Saturday) from Cape Canaveral...

China conducts two launches Thursday
Posted: Mon, Jun 3 11:50 AM ET (1550 GMT)
China carried out two launches Thursday. A Long March 3B lifted off at 8:12 am EDT (1212 GMT) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center...

Peru and Slovakia sign Artemis Accords
Posted: Mon, Jun 3 11:49 AM ET (1549 GMT)
Peru and Slovakia are the latest countries to sign the Artemis Accords. Officials from the two countries signed the Accords in separate ceremonies Thursday at...

Soyuz launches Progress cargo spacecraft
Posted: Mon, Jun 3 11:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft launched to the International Space Station early Thursday. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 5:...

Verizon to invest $100 million in AST SpaceMobile
Posted: Sun, Jun 2 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
Verizon will invest $100 million into AST SpaceMobile to support its direct-to-smartphone services. The $100 million commitment comprises $65 million in commercial prepayments...



news in brief

Rocket Lab wins contract for NASA smallsat mission
Posted: Sun, May 18 9:18 AM ET (1318 GMT)


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