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SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st Starship V3 will now launch on May 21
SpaceX is targeting a Wednesday, May 20, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket.
On this day in space! May 19, 2000: STS-101 launches with 1st 'glass cockpit'
On May 19, 2000, the space shuttle Atlantis launched with the very first "glass cockpit."
Galactic starlight will take your breath away | Space photo of the day for May 19, 2026
The galaxy M77 looks truly out-of-this-world in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope.
As 'The Mandalorian and Grogu" prepare for their close-up, can 'Star Wars' ever feel like a big-screen event again?
'Star Wars' used to be the ultimate theatrical experience, but have years of Disney+ spin-offs dulled its multiplex appeal?
Scientists just solved a tricky asteroid-hopping spacecraft riddle
Plotting the optimal trajectory to visit multiple asteroids is a fiendishly difficult take on the Traveling Salesperson problem, but a new mathematical approach has succeeded in solving it.
The UFO files: What did we learn from the Pentagon's 1st big release?
On May 8, the Pentagon released its first tranche of "UFO files." Space.com reached out to experts to make sense of this highly anticipated data drop.
Aurora forecast May 19 - Northern lights possible again tonight as speedy solar winds continue
The latest aurora forecast for tonight helps you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.
Vega C rocket launches European-Chinese space weather satellite to orbit
A Vega C rocket launched the European-Chinese SMILE space weather mission to orbit on Monday night (May 18).
