Falcon 9 launches classified Space Force payload
Posted: Sun, Sep 20 6:26 AM ET (1026 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a classified Space Force mission Wednesday night. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:...

Pentagon reveals US has weapons in orbit
Posted: Sun, Sep 20 6:21 AM ET (1021 GMT)
Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink revealed Monday that the Space Force has deployed space-control weapons in orbit. He said in a speech...

GSLV launches EOS-05 imaging satellite
Posted: Sat, Sep 5 10:05 AM ET (1405 GMT)
The Indian space agency ISRO successfully launched an Earth imaging satellite in its first mission since a January failure. A GSLV Mark 2 rocket lifted...

Space Force has new commanding general
Posted: Sat, Sep 5 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
The US Space Force has a new commanding general. In a ceremony Thursday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Gen. Douglas Schiess took over as...

HyImpulse raises more than 50 million euros
Posted: Sat, Sep 5 9:51 AM ET (1351 GMT)
German launch company HyImpulse has raised additional funding ahead of a suborbital launch. HyImpulse announced Wednesday it raised more than 50 million euros ($58 million)...

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),...