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Trump-Musk feud includes threats to SpaceX programs
Posted: Sat, Jun 7 10:50 AM ET (1450 GMT)
A feud between Elon Musk and President Trump Thursday included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft. A series of heated exchanges between the...

Senate seeks to add $10 billion to NASA human spaceflight programs
Posted: Sat, Jun 7 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is seeking $10 billion for NASA in a budget reconciliation bill. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released Thursday...

China launches broadband satellites
Posted: Sat, Jun 7 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
China launched the fourth group of satellites for a broadband megaconstellation Thursday. A Long March 6A rocket lifted off at 4:45 pm EDT (2045...

Isaacman links withdrawn NASA nomination to Trump-Musk fallout
Posted: Sat, Jun 7 10:42 AM ET (1442 GMT)
Jared Isaacman says he thinks his nomination to be NASA administrator was pulled because of people in the Trump administration with "axes to grind" about...

FAA gives final approval for next Starship flight
Posted: Sat, May 24 7:42 AM ET (1142 GMT)
The FAA has given final approval for the next launch of SpaceX's Starship. The agency said Thursday that it completed a "comprehensive safety review"...

Chinese astronauts perform spacewalk
Posted: Sat, May 24 7:38 AM ET (1138 GMT)
Two Chinese astronauts performed a spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station Thursday. Astronauts Chen Dong and Chen Zhongrui spent about eight hours outside the station,...

Space Force and NGA sign agreement on space-based intelligence
Posted: Sat, May 24 7:35 AM ET (1135 GMT)
The US Space Force and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) signed an agreement Wednesday intended to end turf battles between the two in space-...

NASA studying ISS crew reductions because of budget shortfalls
Posted: Sat, May 24 7:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
NASA says long-running budget shortfalls have led it to consider reducing the crew on the International Space Station. At a briefing Tuesday, NASA's...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Sat, May 24 7:32 AM ET (1132 GMT)
China launched a communications satellite Tuesday. A Long March 7A rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island at 7:50...

Gilmour Space postpones first launch after payload fairing mishap
Posted: Sun, May 18 9:22 AM ET (1322 GMT)
Gilmour Space has indefinitely delayed its first launch after a mishap involving the rocket's payload fairing. The company said Thursday that, during prelaunch preparations,...



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)

news links
Sunday, June 22
Detection of semi-heavy water ice around young sunlike star
Netherlands Research School for Astronomy — 5:10 pm ET (2110 GMT)


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