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Russia suspends Soyuz launch operations in French Guiana

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A Soyuz ST-B rocket takes off from the Guiana Space Center on Feb. 10 with 34 new OneWeb internet satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/P. Piron Blaming European sanctions enacted after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian space agency said Saturday it is recalling dozens of engineers and technicians from French Guiana and suspending Soyuz rocket operations there, …

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Biden announces sanctions targeting Russia’s space program

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President Biden announced new sanctions against Russia on Thursday afternoon. Credit: White House President Biden said Thursday the United States is imposing new sanctions against Russia, including measures that will “degrade” the country’s space program, in response to Russian military attacks on Ukraine. So far, operations and training for future missions on the International Space …

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Rocket Lab to debut new launch pad on next launch

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Rocket Lab’s next mission, targeted for no earlier than Feb. 28, will be the first from a new launch pad at the company’s private spaceport in New Zealand, an addition officials said could double the flight rate of Electron launchers. The new launch pad, named Launch Complex 1B, lies 383 feet (117 meters) from Launch …

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NASA says engine controller failure not a roadblock to first SLS test flight

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Four RS-25 main engines at the bottom of the Space Launch System’s core stage. Credit: NASA/Cory Huston NASA says a faulty memory chip was the cause of a problem that forced technicians to swap out an engine control computer on the first Space Launch System rocket late last year, but the issue is not a …

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SpaceX adds 46 more satellites to Starlink fleet

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A Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Monday from Cape Canaveral with 46 more satellites for the company’s Starlink broadband network, deploying the payloads in a higher orbit than recent flights after atmospheric …

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Next SpaceX launch to deploy fewer Starlink satellites into higher orbit

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File photo of a stack of Starlink satellites before a previous launch. Credit: SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket will launch SpaceX’s next batch of Starlink internet satellites Monday into a higher, more circular orbit than recent flights, reducing potential risks from a solar storm like the one that destroyed at least 38 Starlink craft earlier …

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Antares rocket launch kicks off space station resupply mission

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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket lifts off Saturday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now Northrop Grumman launched a cargo flight from Virginia’s Eastern Shore Saturday using an Antares booster with a first stage designed and built in Ukraine, a successful start for a mission to deliver food, experiments, …

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Progress supply freighter docks with space station

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Russia’s Progress MS-19 supply ship closes in on the International Space Station on Thursday. Credit: Roscosmos Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, a Russian Progress cargo freighter docked with the International Space Station on autopilot Thursday with a fresh delivery of food, crew supplies, experiments, and CubeSats that will be released outside the complex on …

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Watch live: Russian cargo ship set for launch to International Space Station

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Russia’s Progress MS-19 supply ship is set for launch from Kazakhstan on Monday night aboard a Soyuz rocket to begin a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station with more than 5,500 pounds of fuel, food, water, and experiments. Liftoff of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket is scheduled for 11:25:40 p.m. EST Monday (0425:40 GMT Tuesday) from …

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Billionaire plans three more flights with SpaceX, culminating in Starship mission

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Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman, and Sarah Gilles pose with prototypes of Starship vehicles in South Texas. The four will fly into orbit on the Polaris Dawn mission. Credit: Polaris Program / John Kraus Jared Isaacman, the billionaire businessman who bankrolled the first human space mission with all private citizens last year, announced plans …

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