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Bruno resigns from ULA, joins Blue Origin
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 9:58 AM ET (1458 GMT)
Tory Bruno, the longtime president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, has resigned from the company to work for Blue Origin. ULA announced Monday that...

China launches first Long March 12A, but booster landing fails
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 9:50 AM ET (1450 GMT)
The first flight of the Long March 12A successfully reached orbit, but the rocket’s booster was not able to land. The Long March 12A...

First Innospace launch fails
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 9:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
The first launch of a small South Korean rocket failed shortly after liftoff Monday. Innospace’s first Hanbit-Nano rocket lifted off at 8:13...

Upper stage malfunction dooms H3 launch of navigation satellite
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 9:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
An H3 launch of a Japanese navigation satellite failed Dec. 21 when the rocket’s upper stage malfunctioned. The H3 lifted off from the Tanegashima...

SDA selects four companies to build missile-tracking satellites
Posted: Sun, Dec 28 9:41 AM ET (1441 GMT)
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded $3.5 billion in contracts to four companies for a set of missile-tracking satellites. The contracts, announced Dec....

Senate seeks to fast-track Isaacman confirmation
Posted: Sat, Dec 6 9:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
Leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee said they hope to confirm Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator this month. At a confirmation hearing Wednesday, both committee...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Dec 6 9:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
SpaceX launched more Starlink satellites Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:42 pm EST (2042 GMT)...

Roscosmos replaces cosmonaut on next Crew Dragon mission to ISS
Posted: Sat, Dec 6 9:45 AM ET (1445 GMT)
Roscosmos has replaced the cosmonaut assigned to the next commercial crew mission to the International Space Station. Roscosmos said this week that Andrey Fedyaev would...

Satellite megaconstellations could disrupt space-based astronomy
Posted: Sat, Dec 6 9:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
The growth of satellite constellations could impact space-based as well as ground-based astronomy. A study this week simulated the effects of proposed megaconstellations...

First Zhuque-3 reaches orbit, but booster landing fails
Posted: Sat, Dec 6 9:40 AM ET (1440 GMT)
China’s Zhuque-3 rocket achieved orbit in its first launch late Tuesday but the booster failed to make a landing. The first Zhuque-3...



news in brief
Falcon 9 launches Italian imaging satellite
Posted: Sat, Jan 3 11:37 AM ET (1637 GMT)

ESA suffers cyberattack
Posted: Sat, Jan 3 11:32 AM ET (1632 GMT)

China closes record launch year
Posted: Sat, Jan 3 11:18 AM ET (1618 GMT)

news links
Friday, January 9
ESA Plans 65 Missions In 2026 Driven By Earth Observation
Aviation Week — 7:37 am ET (1237 GMT)


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