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Blue Origin rocket launching with insert of katy perry and all woman crew

Celebrities in space quiz: Do you know the stars among the stars?

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

From movie stars to moguls, test your knowledge of which celebrities have gone to the final frontier.

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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches “The Harvest Goddess Thrives” mission on Aug. 5, 2025, sending a synthetic aperture radar satellite aloft for the Japanese Earth-observing company iQPS from New Zealand.

Rocket Lab launches private Japanese radar satellite to orbit from New Zealand (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

Rocket Lab launched its fifth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS early Tuesday morning (Aug. 5), sending a synthetic aperture radar satellite to orbit.

Launches & Spacecraft
An illustration of a satellite with solar panels floating in the darkness of space

NASA's Europa Clipper radar passes key test during Mars flyby

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully tested its ice-penetrating radar system during a close flyby of Mars earlier this year.

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A sunrise streaks golden light out over the water near a silhouette of a rocket on a launch pad on the left of the image

Sunrise hits SpaceX's Crew-11 rocket on the pad | Space photo of the day for August 4, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The day seemed particularly promising on July 31, 2025.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Aug. 4, 2025.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea (video)

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning (Aug. 4), then came back to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.

Launches & Spacecraft
a white rocket lifts off from a desert launch site into the dawn sky

Blue Origin launches crypto billionaire Justin Sun and 5 other people to suborbital space (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched Justin Sun, the billionaire founder of the blockchain platform Tron, and five other people to space on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025.

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Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies

By Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti published

Space weather imposes threats on everything from electrical grids to GPS navigation.

Launches & Spacecraft
A black and white photo of India from space shows brilliant lights across the country for a Diwali celebration

‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereignty

By Tony Milligan, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Adam Fish, Timiebi Aganaba published

With more countries looking to explore space, there is a rising hope that space is now more accessible for diverse participants.

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SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour is shown docked to the International Space Station on Aug. 2, 2025. The spacecraft arrived that day on the Crew-11 astronaut mission for NASA.

SpaceX's Crew-11 astronauts arrive at the International Space Station (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission arrived at the International Space Station early Saturday morning (Aug. 2), less than 15 hours after lifting off.

Human Spaceflight
seven people in polo shirts and slacks gather around a table to enjoy a meal together aboard a space station

Rookie crewmates kept things fresh for Ax-4 astronaut Peggy Whitson: 'It's always great to relive a little bit of that first time'

By Elizabeth Howell published

Ax-4 commander Peggy Whitson just extended her American duration record on the International Space Station. She also served as coach to the three rookie astronauts who flew with her.

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