NASA awards Blue Origin contact for Mars telecom orbiter
Posted: Sat, Sep 5 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)
NASA selected Blue Origin to build a Mars telecommunications orbiter. The agency said Tuesday it awarded a contract to Blue Origin valued at about $700...

Astronauts complete fourth ISS spacewalk in a month
Posted: Sat, Sep 5 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
Astronauts conducted the fourth spacewalk outside the ISS in less than a month Tuesday. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot spent six...

Falcon Heavy launches Roman Space Telescope
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:25 PM ET (0025 GMT)
A Falcon Heavy successfully launched a NASA space telescope that promises to revolutionize astronomy on Sunday. The Falcon Heavy lifted off from the Kennedy Space...

President Trump proposes new space academy
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:20 PM ET (0020 GMT)
President Donald Trump announced Friday a proposal to create a federal academy to train the space workforce. Trump signed an executive order establishing a commission...

Ariane 6 launches European weather satellite
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:16 PM ET (0016 GMT)
An Ariane 6 launched a European weather satellite Thursday. An Ariane 62 lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 4:11 pm EDT (2011 GMT),...

ESA awards first European Launcher Challenge contracts
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:14 PM ET (0014 GMT)
ESA awarded contracts Thursday to three European launch startups. The contracts, with a combined value of 543.6 million euros ($632.9 million), went to...

SpaceX announces Louisiana launch site for Starship
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:12 PM ET (0012 GMT)
SpaceX revealed plans Tuesday to build a massive new Starship launch site in Louisiana. The company and state officials announced Starbase Louisiana, a facility that...

White House releases new space transportation policy
Posted: Sat, Aug 22 7:56 AM ET (1156 GMT)
The White House released a new space transportation policy Thursday with a goal of sharply increasing launch rates. The policy, updated for the first time...

Rocket Lab launches Japanese SAR satellite
Posted: Sat, Aug 22 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched a Japanese radar-imaging satellite Thursday. An Electron rocket lifted off from the company's New Zealand launch site at 9:04...

NASA and Katalyst Space call off Swift reboost attempt
Posted: Sat, Aug 22 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
NASA and Katalyst Space are calling off plans to reboost the orbit of the agency's Swift space telescope. Katalyst said Wednesday its Link spacecraft...