Latest articles by Tariq Malik
On July 28, 1851, the first-ever photo of a total solar eclipse was recorded by a Prussian daguerreotypist named Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski. It changed solar astronomy.
On July 27, 1962, two Russian cosmonauts boarded a Soviet airliner and experienced weightlessness without going to space. Here's why it mattered.
SpaceX launched Starship, the world's most powerful rocket, on a critical 13th test flight on July 24, a stunning test flight that notched big success and ended with a huge surprise.
Relive SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 test flight, including its launch, stunning views from space and surprising ending here.
SpaceX will launch its next Starship, carrying the first V3 Starlink satellites, on the Flight 13 test mission today (July 24) after delays. Here's what time it flies.
Tune in today, July 24, at 1:30 p.m. ET for a LIVE This Week In Space taping to mark the 50th anniversary of the Viking landings on Mars.
As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, our Space.com team took a look back at American advances in space since 1776, and where we might be headed.
NASA's daring Swift Boost mission launches June 27 to save the nearly 22-year-old Swift observatory , which is being dragged out of space by Earth's atmosphere.
Our new Space.com app takes you out of this world, every day, for the latest space mission news, astronomical discoveries, night sky guides and more.
NASA's Swift space observatory is falling out of orbit. Can a commercial company build a spacecraft in nine months to save it?
SpaceX is now targeting a Friday, May 22, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket.
SpaceX will launch its first Starship V3 vehicle on the Flight 12 test flight on Thursday (May 21).
SpaceX says it will launch a private flyby mission to Mars that will be led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, but when it will fly is unclear.
Friday, April 10, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission.
It's splashdown day for NASA's Artemis 2 moon astronauts. Here's what to expect at every stage.
President Donald Trump on Monday night (April 6) hailed the courage and grit of NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts after their historic flyby around the moon.
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts will make a historic moon flyby today (April 6). Here's how it will happen, hour by hour.
The four Artemis 2 astronauts had a chance to observe the moon this weekend, and to say they were thrilled may be an understatement of cosmic proportions.
The on-again, off-again lunar loo allows astronauts to "go" at the moon like no one's gone before.
Mission Control isn't concerned about the Orion toilet smell, but is looking into to it.
NASA's Artemis 2 pilot Victor Glover was cleaning up after a workout when the cameras caught a bit more than expected. Mission Control's response was priceless.
After an action-packed first two days, Flight Day 3 may bring a more relaxed pace for the Artemis 2 moon astronauts.
It wasn't their No. 1 problem, but it was a problem for going number one.
