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SES reassures investors after Moody's downgrade
Posted: Sat, Feb 22 11:15 AM ET (1615 GMT)
Satellite operator SES moved to reassured investors after receiving a downgrade from a major ratings agency. Moody's downgraded the Luxembourg-based satellite operator's...

Rocket Lab, SpaceX conduct launches
Posted: Sat, Feb 22 11:12 AM ET (1612 GMT)
Rocket Lab and SpaceX conducted launched minutes apart Tuesday. A Rocket Lab Electron lifted off from the company's New Zealand launch site at 6:...

Blue Origin lays off 10% of its employees
Posted: Sun, Feb 16 10:41 AM ET (1541 GMT)
Blue Origin is laying off 10% of its workforce, or more than 1,000 employees, to restructure the company and reduce bureaucracy. Dave Limp, Blue...

K2 Space raises $110 million
Posted: Sun, Feb 16 10:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
Satellite manufacturing startup K2 Space has raised $110 million. K2 announced the Series B round Thursday co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital...

NASA to swap Crew Dragon capsules to reduce Crew-10 delays
Posted: Sun, Feb 16 10:37 AM ET (1537 GMT)
NASA and SpaceX have agreed to swap Crew Dragon spacecraft to reduce the delay in the next mission to the International Space Station. NASA said...

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...



news in brief
Rocket Lab wins contract for rocket cargo mission
Posted: Sat, May 10 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)

Capella Space to be acquired by quantum computing company
Posted: Sat, May 10 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)


news links
Thursday, May 15
First Visible Aurora Spotted Over Mars by NASA Rover
New York Times — 5:16 am ET (0916 GMT)


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