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Pentagon places head of Space Development Agency on leave for investigation
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:25 AM ET (1525 GMT)
The head of the Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) has been placed on administrative leave. The Department of the Air Force has removed...

New Glenn reaches orbit on first launch
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:20 AM ET (1520 GMT)
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket reached orbit on its inaugural launch early Thursday, but the booster didn't stick the landing. The rocket lifted...

Stoke Space raises $260 million
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
Stoke Space has raised $260 million to continue development of its own reusable launch vehicle. The company announced the Series C round Wednesday involving a...

ISRO satellites dock in orbit
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
Two Indian satellites docked in orbit overnight. The twin satellites of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission docked late Wednesday night, the Indian space agency...

Falcon 9 launches lunar landers for Firefly and ispace
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
Two commercial lunar landers are on their way to the moon after a launch overnight. A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center...

SpaceX launches Transporter-12 rideshare mission
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:09 AM ET (1509 GMT)
SpaceX launched more than 130 satellites on its latest rideshare mission Tuesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at...

SpaceX launches seventh set of NRO satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of NRO satellites Thursday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 10:53 pm...

ISRO delays docking experiment
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:36 AM ET (1536 GMT)
The Indian space agency ISRO postponed a planned docking experiment involving two satellites launched last week. ISRO said Wednesday it postponed the docking of the...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:34 AM ET (1534 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 10:27 am EST (1527 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center...

NASA to study two alternative architectures for Mars Sample Return
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:33 AM ET (1533 GMT)
NASA will study two alternative options for its Mars Sample Return (MSR) program in an effort to reduce cost and schedule overruns. NASA announced Tuesday...



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)

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