Starliner to return from ISS without astronauts
Posted: Sun, Aug 25 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
NASA announced Saturday that Boeing's CST-100 Starliner will return to Earth without the astronauts who traveled to the station on a test flight...

China launches GEO communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Aug 25 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
China launched a geostationary orbit communications satellite Thursday. A Long March 7A lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 8:25 am EDT (...

Blue Origin suffers New Glenn testing mishaps
Posted: Sun, Aug 25 10:16 AM ET (1416 GMT)
Blue Origin reportedly suffered two recent mishaps involving upper stages for its New Glenn launch vehicle. In one incident, an upper stage crumpled when it...

JUICE completes Earth-Moon flyby
Posted: Sat, Aug 24 12:17 PM ET (1617 GMT)
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission has completed a dual flyby of the Earth and Moon. The spacecraft passed about 750 kilometers above...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Aug 24 12:12 PM ET (1612 GMT)
SpaceX used a Starlink launch to break in a new Falcon 9 booster. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:...

RFA ONE first stage destroyed in static-fire test
Posted: Sat, Aug 24 12:08 PM ET (1608 GMT)
The first stage of Rocket Factory Augsburg's first rocket exploded on a test stand Monday, just weeks before its anticipated launch. The Germany company...

SpaceX launches more than 100 smallsats on rideshare mission
Posted: Sat, Aug 24 12:05 PM ET (1605 GMT)
SpaceX launched more than 100 smallsats on its latest rideshare mission Aug. 16. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 2:56 pm EDT (1856 GMT)...

SDA picks Terran Orbital and York Space for communications satellites
Posted: Sat, Aug 24 12:03 PM ET (1603 GMT)
The Space Development Agency (SDA) picked Terran Orbital and York Space Systems to build 20 additional low Earth orbit communications satellites. SDA announced Aug. 16...

Lockheed Martin to acquire Terran Orbital
Posted: Sun, Aug 18 12:06 PM ET (1606 GMT)
Lockheed Martin will acquire small satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital. The companies announced Thursday a deal where Lockheed will pay $0.25 per share and retire...

China launches set of reconnaissance satellites
Posted: Sun, Aug 18 11:59 AM ET (1559 GMT)
China launched a set of reconnaissance satellites early Friday. A Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 3:35...