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Blue Origin launches 6 tourists on suborbital trip from Texas, including 750th person ever to fly into space
Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its 13th crewed New Shepard rocket on a successful suborbital spaceflight on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
New satellite constellation will scan the entire Earth every 20 minutes to find wildfires
Muon Space released the first images from its new wildfire detection satellite, FireSat.
Watch Blue Origin to launch 6 people to suborbital space today on NS-33 spaceflight
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.
How do hurricanes and tropical storms get their names?
The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy years, a supplemental list is used.
Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.
Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet
Parisian astronomer Camille Flammarion brought used science fiction to bring Mars to life
On this day in space! June 29, 1971: 3 Cosmonauts lost in Soyuz 11 tragedy
On June 29, 1971, a Soviet space mission ended in tragedy when three Russian cosmonauts were found dead inside their spacecraft after returning to Earth.
Is the US forfeiting its Red Planet leadership to China's Mars Sample Return plan?
"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure the US does not cede leadership in deep space to other nations, such as China."
