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Screenshot from a SpaceX video deck showing an illustration of the company's Starship vehicle deploying next-gen Starlink internet satellites.

SpaceX gets permission to deploy 7,500 next-generation Starlink satellites

By Mike Wall published

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX to deploy 7,500 next-generation Starlink internet satellites — one-quarter of the company's planned constellation.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio hangs off the far left end of the International Space Station as seen from fellow spacewalker Josh Cassada's helmet camera (Cassada's hand is visible) while working to install a mounting frame for a new ISS Roll Out Solar Array during a spacewalk on Nov. 15, 2022.

Watch 2 NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk on Saturday

By Mike Wall published

Two NASA astronauts will conduct a spacewalk Saturday (Dec. 3) to install new solar arrays on the International Space Station, and you can watch the action live.

China's Shenzhou 14 and 15 crews pose together aboard the Tiangong space station on Nov. 29, 2022.

China's Shenzhou 15 crew has busy 6 months ahead aboard Tiangong space station

By Andrew Jones published

The three astronauts about to take control of China's Tiangong space station have an action-packed six months ahead of them.

A view of Earth as seen from the Artemis 1 Orion capsule more than 9 hours into flight on Nov. 16, 2022.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission: Live updates

By Tariq Malik, Elizabeth Howell published

See the latest news about NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission here.

astronaut with hands outstretched floating in space station

Japanese astronaut keeps International Space Station mission amid research scandal

By Elizabeth Howell published

Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa will be "appropriately" punished following a flawed research investigation, according to media reports citing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Artist's impression of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft viewing the sun.

On This Day In Space: Dec. 2, 1995: NASA launches SOHO sun-watching satellite

By Hanneke Weitering, Elizabeth Howell last updated

On Dec. 2, 1995, NASA launched the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, also known as SOHO. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series.

A twice-flown SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrives at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois for its permanent display on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.

SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft lands at Chicago museum ahead of exhibit

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A SpaceX Dragon that twice splashed down has now landed for its last time — in Chicago. The spacecraft, which flew to the International Space Station, arrived at the Museum of Science and Industry.

close up of orion spacecraft with earth very far in the distance

NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft leaves moon's orbit to head home

By Brett Tingley published

NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft successfully completed a roughly two-minute lunar departure burn on Thursday (Dec. 1) to begin heading home after successful lunar orbits.

six chinese people in space wearing blue jump suits and making the thumbs-up sign

China has 6 astronauts in space for the 1st time

By Andrew Jones published

China currently has six astronauts in orbit for the first time as the country carries out a space station crew handover.

You can now "adopt" one of three remaining Saturn V moon rockets as seen at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama.

Saturn V, space shuttle Pathfinder up for 'adoption' to aid in artifact preservation

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

You can now take an aerospace relic under your "wing" and help give it the care it needs. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation has launched an "Adopt an Artifact" program.

A SpaceX Dragon Endurance capsule in the black of space with a blue Earth below after launch on Oct. 5, 2022.

SpaceX astronaut missions for NASA: Crew-5 updates

By Elizabeth Howell published

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station for NASA.

Photo of Boeing's Starliner approaching the ISS by astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.

Boeing Starliner: Live updates

By Elizabeth Howell published

Read live updates of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft development as it moves towards sending humans to space for the first time.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover watches a rocket carrying some of its collected samples launch from the Red Planet's surface in this still from a NASA/ESA animation.

Here's how NASA and Europe will bring Mars samples back to Earth (video)

By Andrew Jones published

A new video shows how a team of NASA and European Space Agency spacecraft plan to relay Martian rock samples to Earth.

A multispectral satellite images of an artillery battalion actively firing in a southeasterly direction on March 11, 2022 as seen by the WorldView-2 satellite for Maxar Technologies.

Ukraine invasion's impacts on space exploration: Live updates

By Elizabeth Howell published

The Russia-Ukraine war has already stretched into space, with satellites providing internet and intel and longstanding international relations in outer space shifting rapidly.

Photo of a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launching the NS-20 space tourist mission in March 2022.

Blue Origin space tourist launches: Live mission updates

By Elizabeth Howell published

Blue Origin's next space tourist mission hasn't yet been announced yet. Here are live updates of what we know.

Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.

International Space Station: Live updates

By Elizabeth Howell published

Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in its deployed form as seen in an artist's illustration.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission: Live updates

By Elizabeth Howell published

Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober chronicled his three-year quest to drop an egg from the stratosphere in a video posted on Nov. 25, 2022.

Watch an egg fall from near space — and survive (video)

By Andrew Jones published

A former NASA engineer and now-YouTuber has created a viral sensation with a video documenting efforts to send an egg to near space to test if it cracks up on landing.

On Nov. 28, 2022, NASA's Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis 1 mission when it was 268,563 miles (432210 kilometers) away from our home planet.

Watch as NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft leaves lunar orbit today (Dec. 1)

By Mike Wall last updated

NASA's Orion capsule will perform a crucial engine burn to depart lunar orbit Thursday (Dec. 1) at 4:54 p.m. EST, and you can watch the action live.

NASA's Artemis 1 mission launches toward the moon atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2022.

Artemis 1 moon rocket, NASA's most powerful ever, aced its debut launch, agency says

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Space Launch System megarocket hit all of its marks during its first-ever liftoff two weeks ago, agency officials said.