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Astronauts install solar panel on ISS spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
Two astronauts successfully deployed a solar array on an International Space Station spacewalk Thursday. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk...

Vulcan to return to flight in mid-November
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
United Launch Alliance will resume Vulcan launches next month. The company announced Wednesday that its next Vulcan launch, carrying 40 Amazon Leo satellites, is scheduled...

New Virgin Galactic spaceplane arrives at Spaceport America
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
Virgin Galactic's newest spaceplane has arrived at the company's spaceport for flight tests. The first Delta-class suborbital spaceplane, named Apeiron, arrived at...

FCC approves Amazon acquisition of Globalstar
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:36 AM ET (1436 GMT)
The FCC has approved Amazon's planned acquisition of Globalstar. The FCC gave its ok Tuesday to the $11.5 billion acquisition announced in April,...

Pentagon to fund new Stoke Space launch pad
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
The Pentagon is providing a $150 million loan guarantee to Stoke Space for a second launch pad. The financing, announced Monday by the Defense Department'...

NASA keeps options open for Artemis 4 landing in 2028
Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:34 AM ET (1534 GMT)
NASA says it is keeping its options open to preserve a chance to land astronauts on the Moon in 2028. At a briefing Friday, agency...

Rocket Lab launches HawkEye 360 satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
An Electron rocket launched a set of HawkEye 360 satellites Friday. The Electron lifted off from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand...

Space Force seeking third major launch site
Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:17 AM ET (1517 GMT)
The Space Force says it needs a new spaceport by 2030 to handle rising commercial and military launch demand. The service has begun a planning...

SpaceX plans to recover both Starship stages on next flight
Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)
SpaceX says it plans to attempt to recover both Starship stages on the vehicle's next launch. The company said in an earnings call Tuesday...

Russian satellite maneuvers close to commercial radar-imaging satellite
Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
A Russian military satellite maneuvered extremely close to a commercial radar imaging satellite. Russia's Cosmos 2612 maneuvered to within roughly 500 meters of Iceye...



news in brief
CesiumAstro raises $730 million
Posted: Sat, Nov 7 12:14 PM ET (1714 GMT)

AST SpaceMobile plans new rocket using Firefly engines
Posted: Sat, Nov 7 12:10 PM ET (1710 GMT)

Blue Origin announces new upper stage and engine for New Glenn
Posted: Sat, Nov 7 12:07 PM ET (1707 GMT)

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