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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two dozen Starlink satellites to orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday night (June 24).
NASA's Artemis moon program differs from Apollo in many ways, including the attitudes of its astronauts.
SpaceX just launched its Starfall return capsule for the first time. What does the company plan to do with the new vehicle?
SpaceX has now launched more satellites than the rest of humanity combined — and the gap will continue to widen over time.
SpaceX launched the latest batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government early Friday morning (June 19).
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft returned to Earth today (June 17), ending its monthlong mission to the International Space Station.
An Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched a record-breaking load to orbit early Wednesday morning (June 17), carrying a batch of Amazon Leo satellites to orbit.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched three of AST SpaceMobile's giant BlueBird direct-to-cell satellites early Wednesday morning (June 17).
NASA will discuss an ambitious mission to boost the orbit of its Swift space telescope during a press conference today (June 17), and you can listen to it live.
On June 9, NASA will reveal the astronauts who will fly on the Artemis 3 docking mission in Earth orbit next year.
NASA's X-59 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Friday (June 5), reaching a top speed of about Mach 1.1.
ISS astronauts briefly sheltered aboard an attached SpaceX Dragon capsule today (June 5) while cosmonauts tried to fix a persistent leak on the Russian side of the orbiting lab.
SpaceX will sell its shares for $135 apiece during its IPO, yielding a valuation of $1.77 trillion.
NASA just declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after a dozen productive years circling the Red Planet. Here's the fate that awaits the probe.
Scientists failed to find radio signals emanating from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, further bolstering its status as a natural object, not one made by aliens.
China launched its partially reusable Long March 12B rocket for the first time ever on Monday (June 1), sending it up without issuing airspace closure notices ahead of time.
Impulse Space — which was founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX's first-ever employee — just raised $500 million to build out the ultra-mobile spacecraft that it believes will transform the space economy.
China's Shenzhou 21 astronauts returned to Earth on Friday (May 29), wrapping up a record-breaking, and very eventful, space mission.
Blue Origin's fourth New Glenn rocket exploded during a prelaunch engine test on Thursday night (May 28). It could be a big setback for the company and for NASA's moon ambitions.
NASA is working hard to predict where in Earth orbit its Swift space telescope will be this fall, so that a private spacecraft can meet up with the observatory and boost its altitude.
SpaceX's "V3" Starship megarocket did pretty well on its debut flight last week. What's next for the powerful next-gen vehicle?
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has declared the debut flight of SpaceX's Starship V3 vehicle a mishap and is requiring an investigation before the megarocket can fly again.
Cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (May 27), and you can watch the action live.
NASA envisions its moon base covering hundreds of square miles, and hopping scout drones may mark the facility's perimeter. The agency just awarded $1 billion in contracts to get the ball rolling.
