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Star Wars: Underworld test footage showing a pair of Imperial Stormtroopers on a busy street.

Did you ever hear the tragedy of 'Star Wars: Underworld', George Lucas' cancelled Star Wars TV show?

By Daryl Baxter published

George Lucas had big plans for a live-action TV series before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 — so what happened?

Space Movies & Shows
This Week in Space podcast 167 — An Outpost on the Moon

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 167 — An Outpost on the Moon

By Space.com Staff published

On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ Gemer of Lunar Outpost, a fast-moving company innovating in cislunar technology.

Space Movies & Shows
a white and black rocket lifts off into the night sky

Rocket Lab launches 'Symphony of the Stars' mission

By Mike Wall last updated

Rocket Lab launched a satellite for a confidential customer early Saturday morning (June 28).

Launches & Spacecraft
the white and orange plume from an mid-air explosion of a rocket

On this day in space! June 28, 2015: SpaceX rocket explodes after liftoff

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On June 28, 2015, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded minutes after launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Launches & Spacecraft
aerial view of a rocket standing on its launch pad as the sun rises over the horizon.

Blue Origin to launch 6 people to suborbital space June 29 after weather delay

By Mike Wall last updated

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch six people to suborbital space on the NS-33 mission June 29, after local weather conditions in West Texas delayed previous attempts.

Private Spaceflight
Grey blobs next to each other

Is the bar higher for scientific claims of alien life?

By Oliver Swainston, Chris Carter published

The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious

Search for Life
two women in dark clothing float beside each other inside a windowed module of a space station

The ups and downs of life in space | On the ISS this week June 23 - 27, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4) crew flying aboard SpaceX's Dragon "Grace" docked to the International Space Station beginning a two-week stay on the orbiting laboratory with the Expedition 73 crew.

International Space Station
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

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.

Launches & Spacecraft
a gold satellite with dual triple-paneled solar arrays floats in space above earth. a blue and green mission patch is in the top right.

Japan targeting June 28 for launch of GOSAT-GW on 50th and final liftoff of the H-2A rocket

By Josh Dinner published

The 50th and final liftoff of Japan's H-2A rocket is set to launch the GOSAT-GW satellite on Saturday (June 28).

Launches & Spacecraft
illustration of debris in orbit around Earth

Satellites keep breaking up in space. Insurance won't cover them.

By Tom Brown published

Cheap, uninsured satellites are creating more space junk — and it's starting to rain down on our heads.

Satellites
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