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South Korean startup Innospace launches its first Hanbit-Nano rocket from Alcantara Space Center in Brazil. The launch failed about a minute after liftoff.

South Korean startup Innospace fails on its 1st orbital launch attempt

By Mike Wall published

The South Korean startup Innospace failed during its first orbital launch attempt, which sent five satellites aloft on Dec. 22 from Brazil.

Launches & Spacecraft

The best sci-fi TV shows of 2025, ranked

By Richard Edwards published

Watch those skies! In 2025, quality television really did come from outer space.

Space Movies & Shows
a book featuring antique celestial maps

12 days of space and sci-fi books: Check out these festive holiday titles for your gift list or yourself!

By Jeff Spry published

Yuletide season is officially upon us and here's a joyous array of new titles to add to your holiday reading list.

Entertainment
a man with a white beard in a red-and-white fur-lined suit straps himself into a fighter jet cockpit

How to track Santa Claus this Christmas Eve with NORAD's 2025 tracker

By Brett Tingley published

NORAD celebrates its 70th year of tracking Santa Claus as he flies around the world delivering joy this Christmas Eve.

Entertainment
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches "The Wisdom God Guides" mission for the Japanese company iQPS from New Zealand on Dec. 21, 2025.

Rocket Lab launches final mission of 2025, sends Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit (video)

By Mike Wall published

Rocket Lab launched its 21st and final mission of the year over the weekend, sending a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit.

Launches & Spacecraft
A large metal spacecraft is sits on a platform in a warehouse with lettering behind it

Meet Qingzhou, China's next-gen cargo craft for its Tiangong space station (video)

By Andrew Jones published

Qingzhou is a lighter and potentially lower-cost alternative to China's Tianzhou freighter.

Human Spaceflight

Northern lights may be visible in 10 states tonight

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Idaho as incoming speedy solar wind continues to buffet Earth's magnetic field.

Auroras
An orange, yellow, and blue heat image showing rows of orange heated architecture in the middle of an urbanized area.

Satellites reveal heat leaking from largest US cryptocurrency mining center

By Tereza Pultarova published

Bitcoin-mining mega data center seen leaking heat into the environment in an image captured from orbit by a thermometer satellite

Satellites
An image from Antarctica shows a giant machine in the foreground with a construction worker with a vest in the front left image and a white weather balloon in the background

NASA launches science balloon in Antarctica | Space photo of the day for Dec. 22, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The first scientific balloon flight happened on Dec. 16, 2025.

Earth
NASA research pilot Bill Dana watches NASA's NB-52B overhead after a flight in the HL-10 lifting body. The HL-10 was one of five lifting body designs flown at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California, from 1966-1975 to study maneuvering and landing a low lift-over-drag vehicle designed for reentry from space.

On this day in space! Dec. 22, 1966: 1st flight of the HL-10 Lifting Body

By Hanneke Weitering, Chelsea Gohd last updated

On Dec. 22, 1966, the HL-10 Lifting Body took its first flight.

Space Exploration
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