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Space.com Staff

Space.com is the premier source of space exploration, innovation and astronomy news, chronicling (and celebrating) humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier. Originally founded in 1999, Space.com is, and always has been, the passion of writers and editors who are space fans and also trained journalists. Our current news team consists of Editor-in-Chief Tariq Malik; Editor Hanneke Weitering, Senior Space Writer Mike Wall; Senior Writer Meghan Bartels; Senior Writer Chelsea Gohd, Senior Writer Tereza Pultarova and Staff Writer Alexander Cox. Senior Producer Steve Spaleta oversees our space videos, with Kim Hickock as our Reference Editor and Diana Whitcroft as our Social Media Editor.

Articles by: Space.com Staff

Wildfires raging in the western U.S. seen from the International Space Station.

Pictures from space! Our image of the day

By Space.com Staff

Wildfires ravaging the western U.S. can be seen in this image taken from aboard the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei on Saturday (July 24).

The fully assembled Starliner spacecraft being prepared to fly Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 is lifted inside the Starliner production factory at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Jan. 13, 2021.

Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2: Live updates

By Space.com Staff

Read live updates of Boeing's second uncrewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft, scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on July 30.

Russia's ISS Progress 77 cargo craft is pictured docked to the Pirs docking compartment on the International Space Station's Russian segment, on June 2, 2021. The Progress vehicle will remove Pirs from the Zarya service module's Earth-facing port in July 2021, opening up the port for Russia's new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module due to arrive shortly afterward..

Watch live Monday: Russian cargo craft departs space station to dispose of old module

By Space.com Staff

Russia's Progress 77 cargo spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on Monday (July 26), carrying with it the decommissioned Pirs docking component.

Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle lifts from the company's West Texas launch site on a suborbital test flight. Blue Origin has set July 20 for its first crewed flight, including founder Jeff Bezos and the auction winner who placed a $28 million bid.

Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos launch on New Shepard: Live updates

By Space.com Staff

Read live updates of Blue Origin's First Human Flight that will launch Jeff Bezos and three others on July 20, 2021.

This amazing view of a Perseid meteor was captured by amateur astronomers Stojan Stojanovski, Kristijan Gjoreski and Igor Nastoski of the Ohrid Astronomy Association in Ohrid, Macedonia during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 12-13, 2015.

Perseid meteor shower 2021: When, where & how to see it

By Sarah Lewin, Space.com Staff, Chelsea Gohd

Future Genius: Discover our new knowledge magazine for kids aged 7 to 11, out now!

By Space.com Staff

Packed with puzzles, activities and videos, each edition of Future Genius takes you on an epic journey of STEAM discovery — from the solar system to Ancient Greece.

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity launches billionaire Richard Branson and a crew of five others to suborbital space and back in a flight from Spaceport America, New Mexico on July 11, 2021.

In photos: Virgin Galactic's 1st fully crewed spaceflight with billionaire Richard Branson

By Space.com Staff

Lego's NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander toy set was developed with input from the space agency to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

Best Lego space sets and deals for 2021

By Space.com Staff

We've scoured Amazon and Lego for sets that are space or science-themed, as well as many science-fiction-themed sets.

The best Star Wars deals and gifts for 2021

By Space.com Staff

We've been scouring the web for all the best Star Wars Prime Day gifts to give loved ones (including yourself of course).

Celestron's AstroMaster 130EQ Newtonian Telescope is 30% off and a major telescope deal for Amazon Prime Day.

Amazon Prime Day 2021: The best space deals to watch

By Space.com Staff

Amazon.com's annual Amazon Prime Day megasale began on Monday, June 21, and will end today (June 22), taking with it the great space deals we've found so far.

Celestron's Nature DX 8x42 are 30% off for Prime Day 2021.

Save 30% on Celestron's Nature DX 8x42 binoculars for Prime Day

By Space.com Staff

Snag Celestron's Nature DX 8x42 binoculars for just $102.99, or 30% off from the regular price of $146.95.

Celestron's AstroMaster 130EQ Newtonian Telescope is on sale for Prime Day.

Save 30% on Celestron's AstroMaster 130EQ telescope for Prime Day

By Space.com Staff

Celestron's AstroMaster 130EQ telescope is on sale this Amazon Prime Day for $195.99, down 30% from the usual price of $279.96.

Beachgoers in Australia watch the full moon rise on May 26, 2021.

Super Flower Blood Moon: Amazing photos of the total lunar eclipse of 2021

By Space.com Staff

A total lunar eclipse dazzled skywatchers on May 26, 2021. See incredible photos of the celestial spectacle.

Neil Armstrong photo after his historic moonwalk

NASA's moonwalking Apollo astronauts: Where are they now?

By Space.com Staff

A look at the 18 men who flew on manned moon landing missions.

Fifty years ago on May 5, 1961 only 23 day after Yuri Gagarin of the then-Soviet Union became the first person in space, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard launched at 9:34 a.m. EDT aboard his Freedom 7 capsule powered by a Redstone booster to become the first A

Photos: Freedom 7, America's 1st Human Spaceflight

By Space.com Staff

Alan B. Shepard, Jr., made the first U.S. manned spaceflight on May 5, 1961.

Star Wars

By Space.com Staff

A long time ago (1976, to be precise), the original "Star Wars" saga was born, quickly evolving into one of the most popular sci-fi franchises of all time. See the latest "Star Wars" news here!