ULA Launches AFSPC-11 Mission For USAF 15 April 2018 | 3:36 pm A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-11 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on April 14 at 7:13 p.m. EDT....

Arianespace Launches DSN-1/Superbird-8 and HYLAS 4 5 April 2018 | 9:59 pm Arianespace has successfully launched two telecommunications satellites: DSN-1/Superbird-8 for the Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT; and HYLAS 4 for the British operator Avanti Communications....

Virgin Galactic VSS Unity Completes First Supersonic Rocket-Powered Flight 5 April 2018 | 1:38 pm SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity has safely and successfully completed her first supersonic, rocket-powered flight....

NASA And Boeing May Change Commercial Crew Flight Test Strategy 5 April 2018 | 1:32 pm NASA has updated its Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract with Boeing, which provides flexibility in its commercial flight tests....

Boeing Starliner Begins Heat Shield Installation 27 March 2018 | 9:36 pm On March 15, the base heat shield for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner was freshly installed on the bottom of Spacecraft 1 in the High Bay of the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility....

Privately Owned/Operated Techshot Centrifuge Heading For ISS 27 March 2018 | 1:34 pm A new privately-owned and operated device designed to conduct research in space at varying gravity levels....

Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Starliner Re-entry Thrusters 15 March 2018 | 10:23 pm Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed delivery of all of the crew module engines for Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner spacecraft....

BlackSky Completes First Next-Generation Earth Imaging Smallsat, Readies for Launch and Commercial 6 March 2018 | 11:27 am BlackSky, the geospatial intelligence service of Spaceflight Industries, today announced the first of its next generation of small Earth observation satellites is complete, qualified, and awaiting launch....

SpaceX Successfully Launches Hispasat 30W-6 Satellite 6 March 2018 | 10:47 am Not long after midnight today, at 12:33 a.m. ET, SpaceX successfully launched the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite from the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It was the 50th launch for the Falcon 9....

United Launch Alliance Launches GOES-S Weather Satellite for NASA and NOAA 1 March 2018 | 8:29 pm A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the GOES-S mission for NASA and NOAA lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on March 1 at 5:02 p.m. EST....

Bob Bigelow Has His Eyes Set Upon Commercial Space Stations 20 February 2018 | 4:27 pm Robert Bigelow made two interesting announcements today. One announcement was the introduction of Bigelow Space Operations (BSO) a space company that was actually formed a year ago that is going to be a "sales, operational and customer service company that...

ISS After 2025: Is CASIS The Solution Or The Problem? 13 February 2018 | 9:07 pm On Monday NASA held a briefing with Acting CFO Andrew Hunter. When asked about how NASA plans to operate the ISS after 2025 when funding by NASA will cease, Hunter had no answer....

Sierra Nevada Gets Launch Window From NASA For Dream Chaser 7 February 2018 | 2:37 pm Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) received NASA's Authority to Proceed for the Dream Chaser spacecraft's first mission, with a launch window for late 2020....

Rocket Lab Places Three Satellites Into Orbit 20 January 2018 | 8:48 pm Rocket Lab conducted its second Electron launch today placing three cubesats into orbit....

ULA Launches SBIRS GEO Flight 4 Mission for U.S. Air Force 19 January 2018 | 8:02 pm A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 4 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on Jan. 19 at 7:48 p.m. EST....