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Tariq Malik

SPACE.COM EDITOR IN CHIEF — Tariq joined the Space.com team in 2001 as a staff writer, and later editor, covering human spaceflight, exploration and space science. He became Space.com's Managing Editor in 2009. Before joining Space.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times. He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University. To see his latest project, you can follow Tariq on Google+, Twitter and on Facebook.

Articles by: Tariq Malik

These NASA graphics show the trajectories of two near-Earth asteroids, 2020 UX and 2020 TF6, which flew closer to Earth than the moon on Oct. 19, 2020.

2 small asteroids zip by Earth closer than the moon today

By Tariq Malik

Two small asteroids will zip by Earth today (Oct. 19) at a range that's closer than the moon, in a double flyby that comes as NASA gears up to sample a space rock of its own.

This image shows an artist's depiction of a crewed mission to Mars.

You can watch the International Mars Society's 2020 convention online today for free

By Tariq Malik

The International Mars Society Convention 2020 goes virtual from Oct. 15 to Oct. 18 and here's how to watch live.

LEGO Star Wars Boost Droid Commander 75253 Star Wars Droid Building Set

Lego's Star Wars Boost Droid Commander set is 33% off for Prime Day

By Tariq Malik

Lego's Star Wars Boost Droid Commander is 33% off for Prime Day 2020, in one of the biggest sale prices we've ever seen.

Hasbro has launched the Space Capsule collection of board games, including Battleship Outer Space, Monopoly Space and Trouble: On the Moon Edition. The games are available exclusively at Target stores.

Monopoly, Battleship and Trouble in space! Hasbro's Space Capsule games land at Target.

By Tariq Malik

Hasbro is taking some of its most iconic board games to the final frontier with Battleship Outer Space, Monopoly Space and Trouble: On the Moon Edition.

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus CG-14 cargo ship stands atop Launch Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility ahead of an Oct. 1, 2020 launch try.

Northrop Grumman aborts launch of Antares rocket carrying NASA cargo minutes before liftoff

By Tariq Malik

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying tons of NASA supplies suffered a launch abort just minutes before liftoff late Thursday (Oct. 1).

An artist's illustration of NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, a mission to study the interaction of the sun's solar wind with the winds of other stars. It will launch in 2024.

NASA picks SpaceX to launch probe to study interstellar boundary

By Tariq Malik

NASA has tapped SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to launch a new mission to study the protective bubble around our solar system.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink internet satellites stands atop Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida during a Sept. 28, 2020 launch attempt.

SpaceX delays next Starlink satellite fleet launch due to bad weather

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX postponed the launch of a new fleet of Starlink internet satellites today (Sept. 28) due to bad weather at the mission's Florida launch site.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying South Korea's ANASIS-II satellite stands atop a Florida launch pad ahead of a July 2020 launch. The same rocket booster will launch 60 Starlink satellites on Sept. 18, 2020.

SpaceX delays next Starlink satellite fleet launch due to rocket 'recovery issue'

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX called off the launch of 60 Starlink satellites Thursday (Feb. 17) due to a "recovery issue" related to its Falcon 9 rocket.

SpaceX's Starship SN6 prototype is seen during a 500-foot-high (150 meters) test hop at the company's Boca Chica, Texas facility on Sept. 3, 2020.

SpaceX launches Starship SN6 prototype test flight on heels of Starlink mission

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX's Starship SN6 soared over Texas Thursday (Sept. 3) on a test flight just hours after a Starlink launch on a Falcon 9 rocket.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SAOCOM 1B Earth-observation satellite and two rideshare payloads stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for an Aug. 30, 2020 launch.

SpaceX delays Starlink fleet launch due to weather, aims for another rocket flight tonight

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX delayed the launch of its latest Starlink fleet on Sunday (Aug. 30) due to bad weather, even as the company prepares for a launch later in the day.

A Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the classified NROL-44 U.S. spy satellite is seen in a United Launch Alliance video during a launch abort at Space Launch Complex 37B of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Aug. 29, 2020.

US spy satellite launch delayed a week after abort in final seconds

By Tariq Malik

A U.S. spy satellite launch on a Delta IV Heavy rocket has been delayed a week after a last-minute abort Saturday (Aug. 29).

The NOAA satellite GOES-East watched Tropical Storm Isaias' progress up the U.S. East Coast in early August 2020.

Satellites watch Tropical Storm Isaias batter eastern US

By Tariq Malik

Tropical Storm Isaias battered the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast with torrential rains and powerful winds on Tuesday (Aug. 4) as NASA and NOAA satellites tracked the storm from space.

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (left) and Doug Hurley give thumbs-up signs inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour onboard the GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida on Aug. 2, 2020. 

Trump hails SpaceX's 1st splashdown with NASA astronauts. Obama, too.

By Tariq Malik

President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama hailed SpaceX's first splashdown of NASA astronauts on Sunday (Aug. 2)

Private boaters, one bearing a Trump flag, approach close to SpaceX's Demo-2 Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley shortly after its splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the Pensacola, Florida coast on Aug. 2, 2020.

Boaters gatecrash SpaceX's 1st splashdown with astronauts. 'We need to do better,' NASA chief says

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX's first splashdown of NASA astronauts on a Crew Dragon capsule was gatecrashed by private boaters on Aug. 2, 2020.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft reenters Earth's atmosphere in this still from a SpaceX animation of how the Demo-2 mission works.

SpaceX to return NASA astronauts to Earth for the 1st time today. You can watch it live.

By Tariq Malik

A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will make its first splashdown with NASA astronauts today in the Gulf of Mexico. Watch it live.

A Russian Proton-M rocket launches the Express 80 and Express 103 communications satellites for the Russian Satellite Communications Company from Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 30, 2020.

Russian Proton rocket launches Express communications satellites in stunning nighttime liftoff (video, photos)

By Tariq Malik

A Proton rocket launched two communications satellites for the Russian government Thursday (July 30) in a dazzling nighttime liftoff.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour (right) is seen docked at the International Space Station's Harmony module near Japan's HTV-9 cargo ship and the European Columbus laboratory on July 1, 2020. The capsule will return to Earth Aug. 2 with Demo-2 astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard.

SpaceX, NASA watch weather for historic astronaut splashdown on Sunday

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX is ready to return its first NASA astronaut crew to Earth, but a potential tropical cyclone could cause delays.

Join Space.com as we talk the summer of Mars with NASA's Jim Watzin and the Planetary Society's Jim Bell.

Replay: Space.com talks 'Summer of Mars' with NASA, Planetary Society

By Tariq Malik

Join Space.com for our free "Summer of Mars" webinar on today, July 29, at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT).

This NASA graphic shows the locations of asteroid 2020 OY4 and Earth during a close flyby of the asteroid on July 28, 2020.

An asteroid the size of a car just zipped by Earth in close flyby

By Tariq Malik

A car-sized asteroid discovered over the weekend flew by Earth today (July 28) at a range close to the orbits of some satellites.

Virgin Galactic will unveil the passenger cabin of its SpaceShipTwo space plane, seen here at center during a June 25 test flight, in a livestream on July 28.

Virgin Galactic to debut passenger cabin design for SpaceShipTwo today. Here's how to watch live.

By Tariq Malik

Virgin Galactic lifts the veil on SpaceShipTwo's passenger cabin today (July 28) and you can watch it live online. Here's how.

A Chinese Long March 4B rocket lifts off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the province of Shanxi . The rocket carried the Ziyuan III 03 Earth-mapping satellite and two other satellites to hunt dark matter and collect data.

China launches 3 satellites into orbit, including a 'lobster-eye' to hunt dark matter

By Tariq Malik

The satellites will map Earth, dark matter and more.

A photo of Mars from NASA's Viking spacecraft, which launched in 1975.

The best (and worst) Mars landings of all time

By Space.com Staff, Tariq Malik

Take a look at some of the best and worst Red Planet landings of all time.

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the uncrewed Progress 76 cargo ship is hoisted into launch position atop its pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan ahead of a July 23, 2020 launch.

Watch Russia launch a new cargo ship to the International Space Station today

By Tariq Malik

A Soyuz rocket will launch a Russian cargo ship to the International Space Station Thursday (July 29). Watch it live.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the South Korean military communications satellite Anasis-II stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida for a July 20, 2020 launch.

Watch SpaceX launch a South Korean military satellite today

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX will launch a South Korean military satellite from Florida today, July 20. Here's how to watch it live.

Comet NEOWISE is seen by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, which captured the comet's twin tail on July 5, 2020. The lower, broader tail is the comet’s dust tail, while the thinner, upper tail is the comet’s ion tail.

Replay: See Comet NEOWISE online tonight in a Slooh webcast

By Tariq Malik

You can see Comet NEOWISE online tonight (July 18) in a lvie webcast from Slooh.