China notches 34th launch of the year with communications satellite By Andrew Jones China conducted its 34th launch of the year on Nov. 12, sending the Tiantong-1 (02) mobile communications satellite into an orbit high above Earth.
Iconic Arecibo Observatory may be on the brink of collapse after cable failures By Meghan Bartels No one was expecting the snap on Nov. 6 as engineers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico weighed their options for dealing with damage to the facility from a cable failure over the summer.
Victor Glover becomes 1st Black astronaut to arrive at space station for long-term stay By Mike Wall Glover came aboard the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (Nov. 17), becoming the first African American ever to begin a full six-month stint on the orbiting lab.
'Start of a new era': NASA celebrates arrival at space station of SpaceX's 1st 4-astronaut mission By Mike Wall The future that NASA dared to dream of for a decade has finally become reality.
Memorial spaceflight: Cremated remains flying to the moon on private lander in 2021 By Leonard David Among the many payloads that will fly to the moon aboard Astrobotic's robotic Peregrine lander next year are capsules containing DNA samples and symbolic portions of cremated remains.
SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docks at space station with its 1st crew of 4 By Hanneke Weitering SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule has successfully delivered a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time.
European Vega rocket suffers major launch failure, satellites for Spain and France lost By Tariq Malik An Arianespace Vega rocket suffered a major failure shortly after launch on Monday (Nov. 16), leading to loss of satellites for Spain and France.
Take a video tour of SpaceX's Crew-1 Dragon spaceship with Baby Yoda (and astronauts, too) By Elizabeth Howell While en route to the International Space Station, the four astronauts of NASA's Crew-1 mission — along with special passenger Baby Yoda — showed viewers around their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The Leonid meteor shower of 2020 peaks tonight! Here's what to expect. By Joe Rao One of the most famous annual meteor showers is reaching its peak — the Leonids. These ultrafast meteors are due to crest overnight tonight and into early Tuesday morning (Nov. 16-17).
Record-breaking Hurricane Iota churns toward Central America (satellite photo) By Meghan Bartels NASA and NOAA are monitoring the powerful Hurricane Iota as the record-breaking storm approaches Nicaragua and Honduras.
Bringing Mars samples to Earth could cost an extra $1 billion, but NASA should totally do it, experts say By Meghan Bartels Holding a pristine piece of Mars in a lab on Earth is among the most ambitious dreams of planetary scientists, and NASA and its European counterpart want to make the dream a reality.
What if Earth shared its orbit with another planet? By Charles Q. Choi Earth is the only planet traveling within its nearly circular orbit around the sun. But what if Earth shared its orbit with another planet?
A mission to 'Mars' at the HI-SEAS habitat: Live updates By Chelsea Gohd Space.com's Chelsea Gohd is joining a crew of researchers for a two-week analog mission to Mars at the HI-SEAS. Follow it live here!
NASA's Curiosity rover snaps stunning selfie on Mars (photo) By Mike Wall NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has taken another selfie, just a few months before its six-wheeled cousin joins it on the Red Planet.
China's Yutu 2 rover snaps stunning new panoramas from the moon's far side By Andrew Jones China's Chang'e 4 moon rover has been snapping new images highlighting the spacecraft's travels and discoveries on the lunar far side.
Trump and Biden hail SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut launch success for NASA By Mike Wall President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden both celebrated SpaceX's astronaut launch for NASA on Sunday night (Nov. 15), though the tone of their remarks was quite different.
SpaceX Crew Dragon launches 4 astronauts to space station in 1st operational flight for NASA By Amy Thompson A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule launched its first operational space taxi flight for NASA Sunday (Nov. 15).
'The Mandalorian' goes from strength to strength in 'Chapter 11: The Heiress' By Scott Snowden The Mandalorian visits the estuary moon of Trask in "Chapter 11: The Heiress" and finds an important character in the "Star Wars" universe.
SpaceX will launch 4 astronauts into space for NASA today. Here's how to watch live. By Amy Thompson SpaceX will launch a crew of four astronauts today (Nov. 15) on its first operational flight for NASA and you can watch the historic flight online.
