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A white rocket blasts off next to a black launch tower.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida on heels of California liftoff (video)

By Josh Dinner published

The post-golden hour launch ascended through bright blue morning skies 8 hours after a California Starlink launch.

Launches & Spacecraft
A brownish sand dune is seen in front of an empty sky in a greenish-tinted image

Perseverance Mars rover rolls over Soroya Ridge | Space photo of the day for Sept. 3, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The Soroya Ridge was the recent destination in NASA's Perseverance rover's journey to explore the landscape of Mars.

Mars Rovers
A brand-new SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 2, 2025.

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base today (Sept. 2), sending them up on a Falcon 9 rocket with a brand-new first stage.

Launches & Spacecraft
a group of people in suits in a lavish office

Trump moves US Space Command to Alabama's 'Rocket City'

By Brett Tingley published

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (Sept. 2) that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama.

Space Exploration
Artist's illustration of a crewed Mars base.

How magnets could help astronauts explore the moon and Mars

By Andrew Jones published

Magnetic fields can replace bulky centrifuges in space oxygen systems, making them lighter, more efficient and better suited for deep-space missions, a new study finds.

Human Spaceflight
A metal plate full of sushi with seaweed, rice, and spam sit on a table next to another plate with shrimp tails on crackers served on it

ISS astronauts serve up space sushi | Space photo of the day for Sept. 2, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts use creativity and culture to make life in orbit feel a little more like home.

International Space Station

1st Indian astronaut to visit ISS welcomed home as a hero

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

"Since I landed in Lucknow around 7:30 this morning, I must have clicked about 2,000 selfies."

Space Exploration
An image of the International Space Station, with its many solar panels and modules, floating above Earth in space

Water recycling is paramount for space stations and long-duration missions − an environmental engineer explains how the ISS does it

By Berrin Tansel published

Today, NASA recovers over 90% of the water used in space.

International Space Station

33 hungry SpaceX Raptors from below | Space photo of the day for Sept. 1, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The view underneath SpaceX's Starship spacecraft shows the Super Heavy booster's complex array of 33 Raptor engines.

Private Spaceflight
A man in a blue jumpsuit sits next to a plane window wearing a helmet and headset as he looks down over a series of snowy mountains

How military helicopters in Colorado will help land NASA's Artemis astronauts on the moon

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA is using Colorado's rugged peaks to rehearse the risky final moments of future Artemis lunar landings.

Artemis
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