Rocket Lab launches South Korean satellite
Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2:35 PM ET (1935 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched a South Korean satellite Thursday night. An Electron lifted off at 8:21 pm EST (0121 GMT Friday) from Launch Complex 1...

SpaceX targets March for next Starship test flight
Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2:33 PM ET (1933 GMT)
SpaceX expects the next Starship test flight to take place in March. In a recent social media post, Elon Musk said that the next launch...

Blue Origin to reuse booster on next New Glenn launch
Posted: Sat, Jan 24 11:11 AM ET (1611 GMT)
Blue Origin will reuse a New Glenn booster for the first time on its next launch. The company announced Thursday plans for the NG-3...

New Shepard makes first suborbital flight of 2026
Posted: Sat, Jan 24 11:06 AM ET (1606 GMT)
The first Blue Origin New Shepard flight of 2026 carried five customers and one employee to the edge of space Thursday. The NS-38 mission...

Electron launches two Open Cosmos satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 24 11:00 AM ET (1600 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched the first two satellites for a new constellation by Open Cosmos Thursday. An Electron lifted off from New Zealand at 5:52...

Blue Origin announces megaconstellation plans
Posted: Sat, Jan 24 10:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
Blue Origin plans to develop its own broadband constellation with more than 5,400 satellites. The company announced Wednesday TeraWave, a system with 5,280...

The Exploration Company in talks to acquire Orbex
Posted: Sat, Jan 24 10:35 AM ET (1535 GMT)
The Exploration Company is in talks to acquire small launch vehicle company Orbex. The companies said Wednesday that they had signed a letter of intent...

Artemis 2 rolls out to pad
Posted: Sun, Jan 18 8:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
NASA rolled out the SLS/Orion stack for the Artemis 2 mission Saturday in preparation for a launch as soon as early February. The vehicle,...

Congress passes NASA spending bill
Posted: Sun, Jan 18 8:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
Congress has passed a spending bill that largely rejected proposed steep cuts at NASA. The Senate passed the minibus appropriations bill on a 82-15...

Galactic Energy returns Ceres-1 to flight
Posted: Sun, Jan 18 8:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
China conducted its fourth launch in three days on Thursday. A Ceres-1S rocket, operated by Galactic Energy, lifted off at 3:10 pm EST (...