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SpaceX completes investigation into recent Starship failures, clears the way for Flight 10
By Josh Dinner published
The FAA has closed its investigation into SpaceX's Starship failure this spring and given the green light for Starship Flight Test 10 to proceed this weekend.

1st Portuguese spaceport could soon emerge as nation grants license for launch center in the Azores (photos)
By Andrew Jones published
Portugal's space ambitions grow as Atlantic Spaceport Consortium secures approval to operate the nation's first launch center in the mid-Atlantic

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated
Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

NASA's Artemis Program: Live updates
By Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner last updated
NASA's Artemis 2 mission is returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. See live mission updates here.

Chinese astronauts beef up Tiangong space station's debris shield during 6.5-hour spacewalk (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
Two Chinese astronauts spent more than six hours outside the Tiangong space station on Friday (Aug. 15), installing a debris shield on the third spacewalk of the Shenzhou 20 mission.

Look for Mercury in the morning sky as it hits peak distance from the sun on Aug. 19
By Anthony Wood published
Mercury is farthest from the sun in Earth's morning sky on Aug. 19.

Fly me to the moon: 25 finalists chosen for Artemis 2 'zero-g indicator'
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A panel of judges has selected the 25 finalists in NASA and Freelancer's global contest to design a plush "zero-g indicator" to fly to the moon with the agency's Artemis 2 astronauts.

SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit on 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday (Aug. 18). It was the company's 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year.
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