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Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Feb 16 10:35 AM ET (1535 GMT)
A Falcon 9 lifted off Tuesday at 1:53 pm EST (1853 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, placing 21 Starlink satellites...

MDA Space building Globalstar satellites
Posted: Sun, Feb 16 10:32 AM ET (1532 GMT)
MDA Space confirmed Monday it is building a new generation of Apple-funded satellites for Globalstar. The Canadian company said Monday it was building more...

Vast reschedules Haven-1 launch for 2026
Posted: Sat, Feb 8 12:55 PM ET (1755 GMT)
Vast has started testing a qualification article of its Haven-1 commercial space station while pushing back its launch date. The company announced Thursday that...

Astrobotic to fly Astrolab rover on Griffin-1 lander
Posted: Sat, Feb 8 12:52 PM ET (1752 GMT)
Astrobotic's Griffin lander will transport a rover built by Astrolab to the moon. The companies announced a deal Wednesday for Astrobotic to take Astrolab'...

Kremlin replaces head of Roscosmos
Posted: Sat, Feb 8 12:46 PM ET (1746 GMT)
The Kremlin has abruptly replaced the head of the space agency Roscosmos. The government announced Thursday that it had relieved Yury Borisov as leader of...

Thales Alenia Space to build Gateway airlock module for UAE
Posted: Sat, Feb 8 12:44 PM ET (1744 GMT)
The UAE has selected Thales Alenia Space to build an airlock module for the lunar Gateway. Thales and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre signed...

SpaceX launches Maxar WorldView Legion imaging satellites
Posted: Sat, Feb 8 12:41 PM ET (1741 GMT)
SpaceX launched a third pair of WorldView Legion imaging satellites for Maxar Tuesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 6:13 pm EST (2213 GMT)...

NASA and Boeing making progress on Starliner investigation
Posted: Sat, Feb 1 9:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
NASA and Boeing are making progress into resolving issues on Starliner's flawed test flight last year, but have yet to fix problems with its...

Astronauts perform ISS spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Feb 1 9:42 AM ET (1442 GMT)
Two astronauts completed a spacewalk outside the ISS Thursday. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent about five and a half hours outside the station on...

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...



news in brief
MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)

Private equity firm buys Exolaunch
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:16 AM ET (1416 GMT)

NASA selects space science mission
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:14 AM ET (1414 GMT)

news links
Wednesday, June 24
SpaceX launch planned for Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base
KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo, CA — 6:26 am ET (1026 GMT)


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