Rocket Lab opens Launch Complex 3 for Neutron
Posted: Sat, Aug 30 10:33 AM ET (1433 GMT)
Rocket Lab took a step closer to the first launch of its Neutron rocket by opening the vehicle’s launch site. A ceremony Thursday formally...

Two launch companies win contracts for European program
Posted: Sat, Aug 30 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)
Two European companies won contracts to launch technology demonstration missions. ESA announced Wednesday it selected Avio and Isar Aerospace for the first awards in the...

SpaceX flies Falcon 9 booster for 30th time
Posted: Sat, Aug 30 10:27 AM ET (1427 GMT)
SpaceX reached a new milestone in booster reuse with a Starlink launch early Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at...

Starship flies successful 10th test flight
Posted: Sat, Aug 30 10:26 AM ET (1426 GMT)
SpaceX’s Starship vehicle performed a largely successful test flight Tuesday after a string of failures. The Starship/Super Heavy vehicle lifted off from Starbase,...

EchoStar sells spectrum to fund satellite constellation
Posted: Sat, Aug 30 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
EchoStar is selling spectrum to AT&T in a deal that should boost its efforts to deploy a direct-to-device satellite constellation. EchoStar will...

Zhuque-2 launch fails
Posted: Sun, Aug 17 11:37 AM ET (1537 GMT)
A Chinese commercial Zhuque-2 rocket failed to reach orbit in a launch Thursday. The Zhuque-2E methane-liquid oxygen rocket, built by Landspace, lifted...

China performs first Long March 10 static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Aug 17 11:33 AM ET (1533 GMT)
China has performed the first static-fire test of the Long March 10 rocket. A shortened first stage test article with seven YF-100K ignited...

California commission votes against increase in SpaceX Vandenberg launches
Posted: Sun, Aug 17 11:32 AM ET (1532 GMT)
A California commission has, as expected, voted to block an increase in SpaceX launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The California Coastal Commission voted unanimously...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Aug 17 11:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Thursday morning. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 8:29 am EDT (1229 GMT), placing...

White House issues executive order on commercial space regulations
Posted: Sun, Aug 17 11:30 AM ET (1530 GMT)
An executive order released by the White House Wednesday will reshape commercial space regulation. The order makes many changes to launch, spaceport and other regulations...