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There's a lot going in space in 2019. Check out our up-to-date space launch schedule and calendar here!

Space Launch Calendar 2019: Sky Events, Missions & More

By Hanneke Weitering

Here's a guide to SpaceX's launch schedule, other rocket missions, astronomical events of the next year, as well as milestones for spacecraft already in travel.

The SkySafari 6 app is more than a planetarium utility. It’s also a virtual space simulator. The new Apollo Mission content features 3-dimensional simulations of all nine Apollo missions to the moon, allowing you to view each stage of a mission and to manipulate your viewing angle and distance from the accurately rendered spacecraft. In the scene at right, the Lunar Module is preparing to separate from the Command Module and descend to the moon’s surface.

Put Apollo 11 in Your Pocket with SkySafari 6

By Chris Vaughan

Smartphones and tablets contain far more computing power than the Apollo 11 Lunar Module did. And our favorite mobile astronomy apps now put the universe at our fingertips.

Ben Feist's new website, "Apollo 11 in Real Time," replays the first moon landing mission 50 years later.

Relive the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Mission in Real Time!

By Tariq Malik

You can relive NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission as it happened with two amazing livestreams this month courtesy of ApolloinRealTime.org's Ben Feist and Space.com partner Simulation Curriculum!

NASA astronaut Christina Koch captured this photo of the partial lunar eclipse of July 16-17, 2019 from the International Space Station.

Partial Lunar Eclipse Puts on a Moon Show 50 Years After Apollo 11 Launch

By Doris Elin Salazar

The moon was at the tail end of a partial lunar eclipse when it rose above the Andean horizon on Tuesday (July 16).

Celestron 127EQ PowerSeeker Telescope

Stellar Deals on Celestron Telescopes and Binoculars

By SPACE.com Staff

Inspire others to look up this holiday season by giving the gift of a telescope or astronomy binoculars! We've rounded up some of the best deals on Celestron products for sale on Amazon right now.

Celestron Outland X 10x42 Binocular

Amazon Prime Day 2019: The Best Space Deals to Watch

By SPACE.com Staff

Amazon Prime Day started Monday, July 15 at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT) and lasts for TWO days this year! Here are some awesome deals and discounts for space fans.

A lunar eclipse seen in April 2014.

See the 'Half Blood' Lunar Eclipse of 2019 Live Today with Slooh

By Elizabeth Howell

Here's how you can watch the "full buck moon" go into partial eclipse today (July 16).

Flowering tree branches delicately frame the partial lunar eclipse of April 25, 2013, in Ohrid, Macedonia. Photo provided by astrophotographer Stojan Stojanovski.

Watch Live @ 2:40 pm ET! See the Half-Blood Lunar Eclipse Webcast by Slooh

By SPACE.com Staff

The online observatory Slooh.com hosted a live webcast of the last lunar eclipse of 2019 today (July 16) and you can watch it live beginning at 2:40 p.m. EDT (1840 GMT).

Aquila is particularly impressive in the southern sky this week.

Aquila the Eagle Flies High in the Southern Sky This Week

By Joe Rao

If you look up high in the southern sky this week around midnight, you'll be able to see a pattern of stars that resembles a jet plane.

The total lunar eclipse of January 2019.

The Last Lunar Eclipse of 2019 Occurs Tuesday, Just in Time for Apollo 11 Celebrations

By Joe Rao

On the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 tomorrow, the moon will be darkened by Earth's shadow in a partial lunar eclipse.

The Full Thunder Moon of 2019 will occur on July 16, at 5:38 p.m. EDT (2138 GMT).

July Full Moon 2019: 'Thunder Moon' Lunar Eclipse Meets Saturn in the Night Sky

By Jesse Emspak

July's full moon, nicknamed the Thunder Moon, occurs on July 16 at 5:38 p.m. EDT (2138 GMT). A partial lunar eclipse begins around that same time, and Saturn will be close by.

Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park is often referred to as Colorado’s Grand Canyon.

Photos: Magnificent Views of the Nighttime Heavens in America's Dark Sky Parks

By Linda & Dick Buscher

Skywatchers can see the beauty and vastness of the nighttime skies in these dark sky-designated parks.

The orbit of newly discovered asteroid 2019 LF6 (white) is seen here. The animation shows that the asteroid's path falls entirely within Earth's orbit (blue).

Newly Spotted Asteroid with Supershort Year Swings Closer to the Sun Than Mercury

By Doris Elin Salazar

By watching the skies at the brink of sunrise and shortly after nightfall, astronomers spotted a hunk of rock with the shortest-known asteroid "year" to date.

The European Space Agency's Proba-2 satellite witnessed four partial solar eclipses in space while skywatchers in South America saw a total solar eclipse on July 2, 2019.

A Satellite Watched the July 2 Solar Eclipse from Space (Video)

By Hanneke Weitering

As millions of skywatchers witnessed the Great South American Solar Eclipse on July 2, a European satellite observed the celestial event from space.

During July, Saturn will be well-positioned for observing all night while it moves retrograde (westward) through the stars of northeastern Sagittarius. Look for it as a medium-bright, yellowish object in the lower part of the southeastern sky, sitting east of the Milky Way. The ringed planet will reach opposition on July 9. On that night, Saturn will rise at sunset. Its minimum separation from Earth of 9.03 AU (839 million miles or 1.4 billion km) will cause Saturn to shine at a maximum brightness of magnitude +0.05 and exhibit an apparent disk diameter of 18.4 arc-seconds. The rings, which will narrow every year until the spring of 2025, will subtend 42.86 arc-seconds across. On July 15, the bright, nearly full moon will be positioned 2.5 degrees to the right (west) of Saturn.

Saturn's Rings Shine Extra Bright This July: How to Catch Them

By Joe Rao

July will be a great month to view the rings of Saturn — here's how.

The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 captured this picture of Earth’s limb on July 6, 2019, at 12:41 a.m. EDT from a camera mounted on its dual-sided solar panels. The spacecraft was headed into orbital sunset at the time, and the sun is visible to the right. The photo is unmodified and shows a number of lens flare artifacts caused by sunlight scattering around the camera optics. LightSail 2’s dual fisheye cameras have fields of view of about 180 degrees, causing the arcs in the corners and some distortion.

LightSail 2 Beams 1st Photos Home from Orbit! How to Track the Little Satellite.

By Amy Thompson

The Planetary Society's solar-sailing spacecraft LightSail 2 beamed back its first views of Earth on Sunday (July 7). And you can keep close tabs on the little satellite — here's how.

An image of the moon marking the landing spot of Apollo 11.

To the Moon! Celebrate the Apollo 11 Anniversary by Skywatching

By Joe Rao

What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 than to pull out binoculars and telescopes to try to spot the historic mission's destination?

The image shows a colorful star trail captured from inside Ramon Crater, the world's largest "erosion cirque," located in Israel's Negev Desert.

Star Trails Swirl Over Israel's Negev Desert (Photo)

By Miguel Claro

Star trails circle over Ramon Crater in this long-exposure photo of the night sky over Israel's Negev Desert.

An animation that goes back and forth between a model of the sun's corona, published June 25, shows what researchers at Predictive Science Inc. thought this region might look like during the 2019 total solar eclipse (blue), and an actual picture of the corona taken one week later, during the event on July 2 (gray).

Total Solar Eclipse Offered Rare Opportunity to Predict Sun's Corona

By Doris Elin Salazar

When the July 2 total solar eclipse crossed South America, a small group of scientists waited to see if the models they made matched up with pictures of the real thing.

The U.S. Air Force's X-37B robotic space plane in orbit, as photographed by satellite tracker Ralf Vandebergh.

Mysterious X-37B Military Space Plane Caught on Camera (Photo)

By Leonard David

Skywatcher and satellite tracker Ralf Vandebergh recently caught a rare glimpse of the U.S. Air Force's secretive vehicle doing its thing in orbit.