
Josh Dinner
Josh Dinner is the Staff Writer for Spaceflight at Space.com. He is a writer and photographer with a passion for science and space exploration, and has been working the space beat since 2016. Josh has covered the evolution of NASA's commercial spaceflight partnerships and crewed missions from the Space Coast, as well as NASA science missions and more. He also enjoys building 1:144-scale model rockets and human-flown spacecraft. Find some of Josh's launch photography on Instagram and his website, and follow him on X, where he mostly posts in haiku.
Latest articles by Josh Dinner

Senate committee advances Trump's nomination of Jared Isaacman for NASA Chief forward
By Josh Dinner last updated
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to forward Jared Isaacman's confirmation as the new NASA administrator.

SpaceX's next private astronaut mission to ISS, Ax-4, to launch May 29 for Axiom Space
By Josh Dinner published
Houston company Axiom Space announced on Tuesday (April 29) that it's targeting May 29 for the launch of its fourth astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

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.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 1st of 2 planned Starlink launches in 2 days, lands booster at sea (video)
By Josh Dinner published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites, aces droneship booster landing (video, photos)
By Josh Dinner published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Fore Station on Thursday (April 24), carrying 28 Starlink satellites to orbit.

Rocket Lab introduces line of customizable solar arrays for satellites
By Josh Dinner published
Rocket Lab now offering custom solar array line for customer satellites' solar power needs.

Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope: A timeline of NASA's shuttle servicing missions
By Josh Dinner published
Spacewalking astronauts repaired and upgraded the famed Hubble Telescope during five missions from 1993 to 2009. Here's a summary of these epic servicing efforts.

Explosion destroys building at Northrop Grumman rocket test site in Utah
By Josh Dinner published
A fire at a Northrop Grumman facility in Utah sent a building up in flames April 16. No injuries were reported.

NASA continues stacking its giant Artemis 2 SLS moon rocket (photos)
By Josh Dinner published
NASA's next moon rocket is stacking higher and higher at the Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS stage adapter and interim cryogenic propulsion stage arrive in the VAB.

Aisha Bowe becomes 1st Bahamian woman to reach space, remembers Alan Shepard’s landmark flight: 'He landed in Grand Bahama' (video)
By Josh Dinner published
On Monday (April 14), Aisha Bowe became the first Bahamian woman to launch to space — and she already wants to go back.

Blue Origin NS-31 all-female crew space launch: Mission updates
By Josh Dinner last updated
Blue Origin just launched Katy Perry and the first all-female crew to space April 14. Here are live updates for the NS-31 mission.

‘It is the highest high’: Here's what Katy Perry and the 5 other women of Blue Origin's historic all-female flight felt after liftoff (videos)
By Josh Dinner published
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket lifted off on the NS-31 mission with Katy Perry and five other women on April 14, for a suborbital spaceflight that left a deep and lasting impact on the entire crew.

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket, lands booster on ship at sea (video)
By Josh Dinner published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday (April 12), carrying 21 Starlink satellites to orbit.

'I'm really excited about the engineering of it all.' Katy Perry is psyched for her Blue Origin launch on April 14
By Josh Dinner published
The pop star is leaning into STEM ahead of her spaceflight.

How to watch Blue Origin launch Katy Perry and crew to space on a historic all-female spaceflight today
By Josh Dinner published
Blue Origin will stream the launch of its next suborbital tourism mission, which features a star-studded, all-female crew, on April 14.

What time is Blue Origin's New Shepard launch with Katy Perry and Gayle King today?
By Josh Dinner published
Blue Origin is set to launch its star-studded, all-female NS-31 mission to suborbital space on April 14. Here's how to watch it live.

Rookie NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch to the ISS on a Russian rocket later this year
By Josh Dinner published
NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch on his first mission to the International Space Station, on a Russian Soyuz rocket with two cosmonaut colleagues, as early as November.

Conservationists raise alarm over Air Force plan to land SpaceX Starships on bird sanctuary atoll
By Josh Dinner published
“Installing rocket landing pads on Johnston Atoll cannot occur without significantly disrupting wildlife..."

Bangladesh becomes 54th nation to join NASA's Artemis Accords for 'peaceful exploration of deep space'
By Josh Dinner published
Bangladesh has added its name to the growing list of Artemis Accords signatories, continuing NASA's efforts to establish internationally cooperative space exploration.

SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket, aces Pacific Ocean landing (video)
By Josh Dinner published
A never-before-flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit today (April 7) from the coast of California.

SpaceX's Fram2 mission captures 1st human X-ray in Earth orbit
By Josh Dinner published
SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts take the first X-ray images of the human body in space, with a tip-of-the-hat to the first X-ray image ever taken.

SpaceX Fram2 1st polar astronaut mission: Live updates
By Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner last updated
Find out the latest about SpaceX's private Fram2 polar astronaut mission for cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang.

SpaceX's private Fram2 astronauts splash down on Earth, ending historic polar orbit expedition
By Josh Dinner last updated
SpaceX's Fram2, the first crewed mission ever fly a polar orbit, splashed down today (April 4), returning four private astronauts to Earth.

SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see their Florida launch site from space as historic pole-orbiting mission nears its end (video)
By Josh Dinner published
SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts are sharing incredible views from the first human spaceflight to orbit Earth's poles, as their mission nears a conclusion.

'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)
By Josh Dinner published
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they'd ride on Boeing's Starliner again, despite the issues the capsule had on its first crewed flight.
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