SpaceX launches rideshare mission
Posted: Sun, Apr 27 10:13 AM ET (1413 GMT)
SpaceX launched a rideshare mission Monday night with very few rideshare payloads on board. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 8:48 pm EDT (0048...

Dragon cargo mission launched to ISS
Posted: Sun, Apr 27 10:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
A Dragon cargo spacecraft, with more crew supplies and fewer science payloads than usual, launched to the International Space Station Monday. A Falcon 9 lifted...

Space Force releases new warfighting doctrine
Posted: Sun, Apr 20 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
The U.S. Space Force has released a new document on its plans to both defend American satellites and target enemy space systems. The document,...

Minotaur 4 launches from Vandenberg
Posted: Sun, Apr 20 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
For the first time in more than a decade, a Minotaur 4 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday. The solid-fuel rocket...

Rocket Factory Augusburg replaces CEO
Posted: Sun, Apr 20 10:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
German launch vehicle startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has replaced its CEO. The company said last week that Stefan Tweraser, who had been CEO since...

Tournear returns to SDA
Posted: Sun, Apr 20 10:13 AM ET (1413 GMT)
Derek Tournear will return to lead the Space Force's Space Development Agency after a three-month administrative leave. The Department of the Air Force...

White House proposes steep cuts in NASA science
Posted: Sun, Apr 20 10:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
A draft of the White House's proposed budget for NASA would slash its science budget nearly in half. The "passback" budget for fiscal year...

China launches classified GEO satellite
Posted: Sun, Apr 13 12:00 PM ET (1600 GMT)
China launched the third in a series of classified experimental GEO satellites Thursday. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 12:47 pm EDT (...

Isaacman pushes for simultaneous Moon and Mars programs
Posted: Sun, Apr 13 11:55 AM ET (1555 GMT)
NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman told senators he believed NASA should pursue human Moon and Mars program simultaneously. At his confirmation hearing Wednesday, he told...

SpaceX gets most of first year of NSSL launch contracts
Posted: Sun, Apr 13 11:49 AM ET (1549 GMT)
SpaceX won most of the first year of launches assigned under the new National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contract. SpaceX received seven of the nine...