On This Day in Space! Aug. 10, 1972: 'Great daylight fireball' zooms over North America By Hanneke Weitering On Aug. 10, 1972, an Earth-grazing fireball burst through the sky over North America. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
Space tourists will face big risks, as private companies gear up for paid suborbital flights By Sara M. Langston While some hazards of spaceflight and the space environment — like G-forces, radiation, vibration and microgravity — are well documented, many risks remain unknown.
SpaceX's toasted Crew Dragon returns home after historic NASA astronaut splashdown By Amy Thompson SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule cruised into its home port Friday evening (Aug. 7), secured to one of the company’s recovery vessels.
Space photos: The most amazing images this week! By Doris Elin Urrutia See the best photos on Space.com this week.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft prepares for final asteroid-sampling rehearsal By Samantha Mathewson NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft is preparing for its final rehearsal before touching down on asteroid Bennu this fall to snag a piece of space rock.
Russia gearing up to launch moon mission in 2021 By Leonard David Russia's Luna-25 moon lander is starting to come together ahead of its planned launch next year.
SpaceX launches 57 more Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea By Amy Thompson SpaceX successfully launched dozens of internet satellites and two small Earth-imaging satellites Friday (Aug. 7) in the second of what's expected to be a series of Starlink rideshare missions.
SpaceX launching 57 more Starlink satellites early Friday: How to watch it live By Elizabeth Howell A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to send 57 more Starlink satellites into space early Friday morning (Aug. 7). Here's how to watch it live.
On its way to Mars, Chinese spacecraft spots Earth and moon, aces steering maneuver By Andrew Jones China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft captured a stunning view of the Earth and moon before making its first trajectory maneuver on the long journey to Mars.
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission: Live updates By Chelsea Gohd Perseverance is set to launch this Thursday (July 30) for a seven month journey to Mars.
China launches 2 satellites from desert launch site By Andrew Jones China is continuing its rapid rate of space launches with its 22nd mission of 2020.
Demo-2 success keeps SpaceX on track for tourist flights in late 2021 By Amy Thompson SpaceX could begin flying non-NASA astronauts aboard its Crew Dragon capsule as soon as next year.
Teens who named Mars rover and helicopter are 'over the moon' following launch By Amy Thompson Two special guests looked on as NASA successfully launched its Perseverance Mars rover on July 30, beginning a nearly seven-month journey to the Red Planet.
Beirut explosion devastation spotted from space (satellite photos) By Mike Wall The devastation wrought by the massive explosion in Beirut yesterday (Aug. 4) is viscerally apparent in satellite photos.
Weather satellite and robotic telescope spot Perseverance rover en route to Mars By Elizabeth Howell When NASA's powerful Perseverance rover lifted off into space on July 30, a satellite and a robotic telescope caught unique views of the mission on its way to Mars.
Trump says 'NASA was Closed & Dead' before he took charge. That's not true. By Chelsea Gohd President Donald Trump took to Twitter today (Aug. 5) to announce that he brought NASA back from being "Closed & Dead."
From floating guts to 'sticky' blood — here's how to do surgery in space By Nina Louise Purvis Surgical emergencies are in fact one of the main challenges when it comes to human space travel.
Best space and sci-fi books for 2020 By Space.com Staff Space.com's editors present a reading list for space and sci-fi lovers, as well as children who are interested in astronomy and spaceflight.
Astronauts: SpaceX capsule could land in Smithsonian, someday By Robert Z. Pearlman The first U.S. commercial spacecraft to launch astronauts into Earth orbit and then return them home safely could land in the Smithsonian, but not yet, said its crew.
Happy anniversary, Curiosity! NASA rover marks 8 years on Mars By Mike Wall NASA's car-size Curiosity rover celebrates eight years on the Red Planet today (Aug. 5), less than a week after the Perseverance rover took flight toward Mars.
