SpaceX launches first Starship V3
Posted: Sat, May 23 8:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
SpaceX launched the newest version of its Starship vehicle Friday on a suborbital test flight. Starship lifted off from the company’s facility at Starbase,...

SpaceX files to go public
Posted: Sat, May 23 8:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
SpaceX officially filed plans to go public Wednesday, offering details about its finances and long-term ambitions. The company filed paperwork with the Securities and...

Rocket Lab launches Synspective satellite
Posted: Sat, May 23 8:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
Rocket Lab also launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite on Friday. An Electron lifted off from the company's New Zealand launch site at 5:...

Isaacman predicts Chinese circumlunar mission in 2027
Posted: Sat, May 23 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says he expects China to send astronauts around the moon next year. In a speech at the ASCEND conference Tuesday, Isaacman...

Pentagon study recommends new launch site
Posted: Sat, May 23 8:11 AM ET (1211 GMT)
A new Pentagon study recommends development of a launch site for heavy-lift vehicles in addition to the Cape and Vandenberg. Air Force Secretary Troy...

Pentagon dismisses $1.2 trillion cost estimate for Golden Dome
Posted: Sat, May 16 9:36 AM ET (1336 GMT)
The general leading development of Golden Dome said a recent $1.2 trillion cost estimate for the system is inaccurate. Speaking at a conference Thursday,...

Cowboy Space proposes 20,000 satellite orbital data center constellation
Posted: Sat, May 16 9:33 AM ET (1333 GMT)
Cowboy Space has filed plans with the FCC to deploy 20,000 orbital data center satellites. The company, previously known as Aetherflux, filed an application...

Kinetica-1 launches five satellites
Posted: Sat, May 16 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
A Chinese commercial rocket launched five satellites Friday. The Lijian-1, or Kinetica-1, rocket lifted off from Jiuquan, China, at 12:33 am EDT (...

House appropriators keep overall NASA funding flat
Posted: Sat, May 16 9:28 AM ET (1328 GMT)
House appropriators advanced a spending bill Wednesday that keeps overall NASA funding flat for fiscal year 2027. The committee approved the commerce, justice and science...

Zhuque-2 returns to flight
Posted: Sat, May 16 9:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
China's Zhuque-2 rocket returned to flight Wednesday night. The Zhuque-2E methane-liquid oxygen rocket, built by Landspace, lifted off at 11:00...