After a tantalizing discovery at Venus, what could an astrobiology mission look like? By Meghan Bartels Suddenly, a mission to investigate whether Venus might be hospitable to life after all doesn't seem quite so outlandish.
Rocket Lab gears up for 1st launch from US soil By Mike Wall Rocket Lab just wrapped up a "wet dress rehearsal" at its U.S. launch site, a major milestone in the leadup to the first-ever liftoff from the new pad.
Here's every successful Venus mission humanity has ever launched By Elizabeth Howell This slideshow shows every successful Venus mission in history, according to information from NASA.
The 1st Artemis astronauts on the moon may not visit the lunar south pole after all, NASA says By Meghan Bartels For 18 months, NASA has focused on landing astronauts in 2024 near the moon's south pole, but that last piece of the directive may need to take a back seat if executing the mission gets too tricky.
Astronauts to film Estée Lauder skincare serum on International Space Station: report By Chelsea Gohd NASA astronauts will be receiving and filming bottles of Estée Lauder skincare aboard the International Space Station later this month, according to CNN Business.
Family, fellow astronauts to celebrate life of moon voyager Al Worden By Robert Z. Pearlman An Apollo astronaut who set a record for social distancing is being remembered for the close relationships he made in life.
Space Perspective partners with Exclusive Resorts for balloon rides to the stratosphere By Mike Wall The members-only vacation club Exclusive Resorts will become the first privately chartered travel group to fly aboard Space Perspective's balloon-borne capsule.
'Space Hero:' Planned reality TV show wants to launch winner to International Space Station By Mike Wall A production company is planning to film a reality TV show that features a 10-day stay aboard the International Space Station as its grand prize.
SpaceX delays next Starlink satellite fleet launch due to rocket 'recovery issue' By Tariq Malik SpaceX called off the launch of 60 Starlink satellites Thursday (Feb. 17) due to a "recovery issue" related to its Falcon 9 rocket.
Blue Origin By Space.com Staff See the latest news from Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' private space tourism company.
Is Earth-moon space the US military's new high ground? By Leonard David U.S. military officials have increasingly flagged a new role in guarding American assets and interests in Earth-moon space.
Will this lander carry humans to the moon? Dynetics unveils lunar mock-up By Mike Wall Dynetics has built a full-scale mock-up of the lander it hopes will soon be carrying NASA astronauts to the moon.
Satellites watch Hurricane Sally make landfall in Alabama By Meghan Bartels Hurricane Sally made landfall in Alabama as a Category 2 storm early Wednesday morning (Sept. 16) as satellites monitored the storm from space.
Rocket Lab's plan to search for life on Venus in 2023 just got more exciting By Mike Wall Rocket Lab's life-hunting Venus mission in 2023 will be just the beginning, if all goes according to the company's plan.
The sun has begun a new solar weather cycle. It should be pretty quiet, scientists say. By Meghan Bartels We're officially nine months into solar cycle 25, scientists have confirmed, and it will likely look much like its predecessor, which ran from 2008 to 2019.
'Challenger: The Final Flight' docuseries recounts space shuttle tragedy on Netflix By Robert Z. Pearlman
China launches 9 satellites into space from ocean platform By Andrew Jones It's the country's second sea launch success.
Virgin Galactic to launch its 1st suborbital spaceflight from Spaceport America in October: report By Elizabeth Howell Virgin Galactic will fly to space again next month, if all goes according to plan.
SpaceX gearing up for 12-mile-high test flight with Starship SN8 prototype By Mike Wall The next big leap for SpaceX's Mars-colonizing Starship spacecraft appears to be right around the corner.
Astra may make 2nd orbital launch attempt this year after test flight failure By Mike Wall Friday night's launch failure was apparently caused by a software issue that should be relatively straightforward to fix, Astra representatives said.
