Thales Alenia Space wins contract for ESA lunar lander
Posted: Sat, Feb 1 9:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
Thales Alenia Space has won an ESA contract to develop a key element of a European cargo lunar lander. Thales said Thursday the contract, worth...

NASA makes no changes in plans to return Crew-9 astronauts
Posted: Sat, Feb 1 9:37 AM ET (1437 GMT)
NASA effectively ruled out any major changes in plans to return the Crew-9 astronauts from the International Space Station despite comments by President Trump...

Falcon 9 launches Spanish military communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Feb 1 9:29 AM ET (1429 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a Spanish military communications satellite Wednesday. The rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 8:34 pm EST (0134 GMT...

AST SpaceMobile raises $400 million
Posted: Sat, Jan 25 10:18 AM ET (1518 GMT)
AST SpaceMobile raised an additional $400 million to fund development of its direct-to-device constellation. The company raised the money through a convertible debt...

China launches classified satellite
Posted: Sat, Jan 25 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
China launched a classified geostationary satelite Thursday. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 10:32 am EST (1532 GMT) from the Xichang Satellite...

China launches megaconstellation satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 25 10:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)
China launched another batch of megaconstellation satellites Thursday. A Long March 6A lifted off sat 12:11 am EST (0511 GMT) from the Taiyuan Satellite...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 25 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Tuesday morning. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 10:45 am EST (1545 GMT) from Vandenberg Space Force...

Trump picks KSC director to be acting NASA administrator
Posted: Sat, Jan 25 10:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
The second Trump administration started Monday with calls to send humans to Mars but confusion about who was running NASA. In his inaugural address, President...

Starship upper stage lost on seventh test flight
Posted: Sun, Jan 19 10:28 AM ET (1528 GMT)
A SpaceX Starship vehicle broke apart on its latest test flight Thursday, dealing a setback to the company. The Starship/Super Heavy vehicle lifted off...

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...