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The Russian Pirs module, seen here, has been attached to the International Space Station since 2001 and is scheduled to be de-orbited on July 24, 2021.

Russia delays detaching old space station docking port while testing new research module in orbit

By Mike Wall

The departure of Russia's Pirs module from the International Space Station has been delayed until Sunday (July 25) as engineers continue to conduct in-flight tests on its replacement.

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 17, 2021.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft just met its rocket for NASA test launch July 30

By Samantha Mathewson

The uncrewed test flight took another big step toward liftoff.

The moon shines in this image from General Santos City, Philippines by skywatcher Peter Jones Dela Cruz on July 3, 2012.

July full moon 2021: 'Buck Moon' will swing by Jupiter and Saturn

By Jesse Emspak

The full moon of July, also called the "Buck Moon" or "Thunder Moon," will occur July 23 at 10:36 p.m. EDT (0236 GMT on July 24).

Arecibo Observatory's cable-suspended science platform, as seen before damage accrued in 2020.

Scientists want to build a new, very different Arecibo Telescope to replace fallen icon

By Meghan Bartels

The PDS 70 system captured by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)

Astronomers spot 1st moon-forming disk around an alien world

By Daisy Dobrijevic

The circumplanetary disk has the potential to form numerous elusive exomoons.

Perseverance will sample this light colored stone known as "paver stone" when it starts taking samples from Mars.

NASA's Perseverance rover gears up to capture its 1st Mars rock sample

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA's Perseverance rover is preparing to collect its first samples on Mars, a milestone that could happen within the next two weeks, agency officials announced today (July 21).

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket shortly after liftoff during its first flight with a human crew, on July 20, 2021.

Oregon congressman proposes new space tourism tax

By Mike Wall

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) plans to introduce legislation called the Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions Tax Act, which would impose new excise taxes on space tourism trips.

The European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter has detected no signs of methane in the atmosphere of Mars in more than two and a half years of measurements.

Europe's Mars orbiter finds no trace of methane on Red Planet

By Tereza Pultarova

The European/Russian Trace Gas Orbiter found no signs of gases related to the existence of life in the atmosphere of Mars, according to three recently published studies.

The SuperBIT balloon in flight, above NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Texas, in June 2016.

Meet SuperBIT, the next-generation space telescope that rides above the clouds on a balloon

By Doris Elin Urrutia

A new type of space telescope could soar high above Earth's clouds to view the universe in a more environmentally-friendly and upgradable way than current technologies.

In a new study, researchers have revealed the nighttime weather on Venus for the first time.

Nighttime weather on Venus revealed for the 1st time

By Chelsea Gohd

What's the weather like at night on Venus? Scientists are finally finding out.

Scientists think that clouds could exacerbate warming global termperatures. In this image you can see astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr.'s view of Earth that no American had seen before, looking down on the home planet from his history-making suborbital flight on May 5, 1961.

Earth's clouds are likely to increase global heating, scientists find

By Chelsea Gohd

While we see Earth getting warmer as the effects of climate change continue to escalate, our planet's clouds make our planet hotter than ever, scientists worry.

The Proton M rocket with the Russian Nauka module aboard blasting off Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Russia launches huge Nauka science module to space station after years of delays

By Tereza Pultarova

Russia has launched its decades delayed Nauka module to the International Space Station, which will represent the largest addition to Russia’s segment of the orbital outpost in years.

The Crew 2 astronauts aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour moved the spacecraft to a different docking port at the International Space Station on July 21, 2021 to make room for a new commercial space taxi, Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which launches July 30.

Astronauts move their SpaceX Dragon spaceship in orbit ahead of Boeing's Starliner launch

By Samantha Mathewson

NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts on the International Space Station relocated the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour ahead of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft arrival next weekend.

A Russian Proton M rocket carrying the new Nauka multipurpose research module for the International Space Station stands atop its pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan ahead of a July 21, 2021 launch.

Russia will launch a new science lab to the International Space Station Wednesday. Here's how to watch.

By Alexander Cox

Russia is launching its Nauka science module, which includes a new European robotic arm, to the International Space Station on Wednesday (July 21).

Jeff Bezos and Wally Funk after the landing of the first crewed Blue Origin flight.

Jeff Bezos says his launch to space gave him greater appreciation of Earth's fragility

By Mike Wall

Seeing Earth from space apparently made a big impact on the planet's richest resident.

NASA's Perseverance rover is ready to hunt signs of life on Mars. See the 1st science results today.

By Meghan Bartels

Even as NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has captured the imagination with flight after flight on the Red Planet, the chopper's rover companion has been hard at work doing science.

Our universe might be a giant three-dimensional donut, really.

By Paul Sutter

Astrophysicists say our universe might be shaped like a three-dimensional donut, meaning you could point a spaceship in one direction and eventually return to where you started.

Mercury 13 aviation pioneer Wally Funk, 82, waves to a crowd after launching on Blue Origin's first crewed flight of the suborbital New Shepard rocket and capsule from Launch Site One near Van Horn, Texas on July 20, 2021.

Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, the oldest person to fly in space, can't wait to go back after Blue Origin launch

By Elizabeth Howell

After a six-decade wait to launch off the Earth, newly minted space traveler Wally Funk is ecstatic.

Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin's founder and newly-pinned astronaut, holds up the Amelia Earhart goggles that he and his brother flew to space aboard the New Shepard on July 20, 2021.

Jeff Bezos and crew flew aviation artifacts, Skittles on Blue Origin spaceflight

By Robert Z. Pearlman

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin took Amelia Earhart's goggles, Skittles and aviation artifacts to space on New Shepard's first crewed flight.

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.