News Archive / Tagged: Lead Stories

• SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from both US coasts

  Theresa CrossAugust 12th, 2022

  SpaceX flew two Starlink missions this week -- one on each coast of the United States -- increasing the size of the company's internet constellation.

• Antares rocket to see new life with upgraded ‘330’ variant

  Derek RichardsonAugust 8th, 2022

  Northrop Grumman is partnering with Firefly Aerospace to create a new version of the Antares rocket following disruptions caused by Russia's war in Ukraine.

• SpaceX sends South Korea satellite toward the Moon

  Theresa CrossAugust 4th, 2022

  SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to send the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, KPLO, to the Moon.

• Blue Origin New Shepard flies six people to space on NS-22 mission

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 4th, 2022

  Blue Origin’s NS-22 crewed suborbital New Shepard mission successfully took to the skies from the company’s West Texas launch site.

• Atlas V rocket orbits SBIRS GEO 6 missile warning satellite

  Theresa CrossAugust 4th, 2022

  An Atlas V rocket soared into the early-morning Florida skies to send a missile warning satellite into space for the United States Space Force.

• Electron rocket launches secret NROL-199 payload

  Derek RichardsonAugust 4th, 2022

  The second of two back-to-back Rocket Lab Electron launches has orbited the NROL-199 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.

• ‘Ingenuity-class’ drones added to Mars sample return mission

  Derek RichardsonJuly 27th, 2022

  NASA has changed the planned architecture for its Mars Sample Return Program, ditching a fetch rover in favor of two small helicopters.

• SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 5th Starlink mission this month

  Theresa CrossJuly 24th, 2022

  SpaceX's Falcon 9 sent another batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit in a beautiful Sunday morning launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

• ‘Wentian’ science module launched to Chinese space station

  Derek RichardsonJuly 24th, 2022

  A new laboratory cabin module called Wentian was launched by China to add to the country’s fledgling Tiangong space station.

• Cosmonaut to fly aboard SpaceX Crew-5 Dragon in September

  Theresa CrossJuly 22nd, 2022

  SpaceX is targeting late September for the Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station, which will see the first Russian cosmonaut fly aboard Dragon.

• SpaceX selected to launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

  Cullen DesforgesJuly 22nd, 2022

  NASA has selected SpaceX to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket in October of 2026.

• Artemis 1 SLS mission gets preliminary launch date

  Derek RichardsonJuly 20th, 2022

  NASA has preliminarily selected Aug. 29, 2022, for the Artemis 1 test flight of the Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft.

• SpaceX ties annual launch record with latest Starlink mission

  Theresa CrossJuly 17th, 2022

  SpaceX launched its 31st Falcon 9 rocket of 2022, tying its annual flight record set just last year -- and it's only July.

• Astronaut-cosmonaut crew seat exchange deal finalized

  Derek RichardsonJuly 15th, 2022

  A crew seat exchange deal has been formalized by NASA and Roscosmos and should see a Russian cosmonaut fly in Crew Dragon in September.

• Dmitry Rogozin ‘dismissed’ as head of Russian space agency

  Derek RichardsonJuly 15th, 2022

  The often antagonistic leader of the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, has been removed from his position and will be replaced.