Mike Wall

Two commercial spacecraft pulled off a surprise rendezvous in Earth orbit recently, showcasing skills that could pave the way for satellite servicing missions down the road.

Liftoff is scheduled for 3:28 a.m. ET on Tuesday (Dec. 16).

Rocket Lab launched a Japanese technology-demonstrating satellite to orbit from New Zealand on Saturday night (Dec. 13).

A satellite that rode to space Dec. 9 on a Chinese rocket nearly slammed into one of SpaceX's Starlink internet spacecraft, according to the company.

Blue Origin is targeting Dec. 18 for its NS-37 suborbital launch, which will fly a wheelchair user to space for the first time ever.

SpaceX plans to go public in 2026 and will seek a valuation of $1.5 trillion, according to media reports.

Rocket Lab tried to launch a Korean disaster-monitoring satellite tonight (Dec. 15), but it didn't happen.

China just launched three Long March rockets in less than 19 hours, setting a new national mark for liftoff cadence.

SpaceX launched the NROL-77 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office today (Dec. 9), sending a classified satellite skyward from Florida's Space Coast.

Two Chinese astronauts installed more debris shielding on the Tiangong space station and assessed the damage to the attached Shenzhou 20 spacecraft during a spacewalk on Tuesday (Dec. 9).

Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according to a new report from the U.S. National Academies.

NASA's Jonny Kim and two cosmonauts are scheduled to come back to Earth early Tuesday (Dec. 9), and you can watch their homecoming live.

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Dec. 4), sending 28 of them up from California's central coast.

As he did eight months ago, Sen. Ed Markey asked Jared Isaacman if Elon Musk was in the room when President Trump first offered him the job of NASA chief. And, once again, Isaacman demurred.

Blue Origin's next space tourist launch will make history, sending a wheelchair user to the final frontier for the first time.

The U.S. Air Force has given SpaceX permission to develop SLC-37 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as a launch site for its Starship megarocket.

The U.S. Senate will hold its second hearing to consider billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman's nomination for NASA chief on Wednesday (Dec. 3), and you can watch the action live.

Veteran cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was taken off SpaceX's Crew 12 mission to the International Space Station after violating ITAR regulations, according to the Russian publication The Insider.

Jared Isaacman, President Trump's pick to lead NASA, is on board with moving the space shuttle Discovery to Houston, according to one of the senators behind the controversial plan.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink internet satellites early Tuesday morning (Dec. 2). It was the company's 60th liftoff of 2025 from the Golden State.

Europe's Vega C rocket launched for the sixth time ever today (Dec. 1), sending South Korea's powerful KOMPSAT-7 Earth-observation satellite to orbit.

NASA's Chris Williams and two cosmonaut colleagues will launch to the International Space Station early on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27), and you can watch the action live.

South Korea lofted the CAS500-3 Earth-observation satellite and a dozen ride-along cubesats Wednesday (Nov. 26) on the fourth-ever launch of its Nuri rocket.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a former NASA astronaut, is under investigation for his participation in a short video reminding members of the U.S. military not to obey illegal orders.

China's uncrewed Shenzhou 22 spacecraft arrived at the Tiangong space station early Tuesday morning (Nov. 25), giving the three astronauts living there a safe way to get home.