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Soyuz launches new crew to ISS
Posted: Sun, Jul 19 3:02 PM ET (1902 GMT)
A new crew traveled to the International Space Station on a Soyuz launch Tuesday attended by NASA's administrator. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted...

L3Harris and Sierra Space win SDA contracts
Posted: Sun, Jul 19 3:00 PM ET (1900 GMT)
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded $1.75 billion in contracts to L3Harris and Sierra Space Monday to build the next group of missile warning...

Pegasus launches Swift reboost mission
Posted: Sat, Jul 4 8:14 PM ET (0014 GMT)
A Pegasus XL rocket launched a spacecraft Friday to try to raise the orbit of a NASA astrophysics spacecraft. The Pegasus launched from its L-...

NASA IG cites overconfidence and unrealistic schedules for Starliner woes
Posted: Sat, Jul 4 8:11 PM ET (0011 GMT)
Overconfidence and unrealistic schedules played major factors in the ongoing problems with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle. A report released this week...

Atlas 5 launches Amazon Leo satellites
Posted: Sat, Jul 4 8:09 PM ET (0009 GMT)
An Atlas 5 lifted off Thursday on the last mission for that rocket carrying a satelite payload. An Atlas 5 551 lifted off from Cape...

NASA awards four more lunar lander missions
Posted: Sat, Jul 4 8:06 PM ET (0006 GMT)
NASA awarded four more lunar lander missions Tuesday as the agency considers sending a Mars rover prototype to the moon. NASA announced Tuesday it will...

Blue Origin outlines plans for returning New Glenn to flight
Posted: Sat, Jul 4 8:04 PM ET (0004 GMT)
Blue Origin outlined its new approach to New Glenn launch pad operations as it works to return to flight by the end of the year....

NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch two science missions
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
NASA selected Rocket Lab to launch a pair of Earth and space science missions. NASA said Thursday it will use Rocket Lab's Electron to...

Report outlines cost growth in canceled NASA exploration programs
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)
Four projects canceled earlier this year as part of changes to NASA's Artemis architecture had seen their costs more than double. NASA's Office...

Perseverance Mars rover finds more potential biosignatures
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
A NASA Mars rover has found more potential evidence of past life on the Red Planet. Scientists said this week that rocks analyzed by the...



news in brief
Astronauts install solar panel on ISS spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)

Vulcan to return to flight in mid-November
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)

New Virgin Galactic spaceplane arrives at Spaceport America
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)

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