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July 11, 2020

SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket launch next week with Korean military satellite

A Falcon 9 rocket — without its payload fairing — fired… Read More

July 7, 2020

NASA outlines recommendations to clear path for Boeing to resume Starliner flights

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION

Artist’s… Read More

July 7, 2020

Behnken describes spacewalk views of Crew Dragon as “just awesome”

In this image taken July 1, a spacewalking astronaut snapped a view… Read More

July 6, 2020

Argentine team returns to Florida to prep radar satellite for late July launch

Team members pose with the SAOCOM 1B radar imaging satellite before… Read More

July 4, 2020

Rocket Lab satellite launch fails before reaching orbit

An Electron rocket takes off Saturday (U.S. time) from New Zealand… Read More

July 4, 2020

Live coverage: Rocket Lab counting down to launch of seven small satellites

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron … Read More

July 3, 2020

Rocket Lab plans next launch Saturday, closes in on first mission from Virginia

The Electron rocket for Rocket Lab’s next mission. Credit:… Read More

July 1, 2020

Spacewalkers begin another round of battery replacement work

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Picking up… Read More

June 26, 2020

Cassidy, Behnken begin final series of space station battery upgrades

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Astronauts… Read More

June 25, 2020

NASA developing plans to fly astronauts on suborbital rockets

File photo of a New Shepard launch. Credit: Blue Origin

NASA says it… Read More

June 24, 2020

Astronauts gear up for spacewalks amid planning for August Crew Dragon return

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NASA astronauts… Read More

June 24, 2020

Relativity books up to six launches for Iridium, reveals plans for Vandenberg pad

Artist’s illustration of Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket… Read More

June 23, 2020

NASA agrees to fly astronauts on reused Crew Dragon spacecraft

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft approaches the International… Read More

June 19, 2020

U.S. military to award smallsat launch contracts using COVID-19 relief funds

Astra’s first orbital-class small satellite launcher, designated… Read More

June 13, 2020

Starlink satellite deployments continue with successful Falcon 9 launch

A Falcon 9 rocket streaked into space just before sunrise Saturday… Read More

June 13, 2020

University-built CubeSat launched with swarm of auroral science nodes

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket climbs away from a launch base… Read More

June 12, 2020

Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket ready for predawn launch Saturday

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket… Read More

June 12, 2020

Hitching a ride with SpaceX, Planet poised to complete SkySat fleet

Three of Planet’s SkySat Earth-imaging satellites are mounted… Read More