SpaceX lost a rocket in the ocean last month. Here's why. By Amy Thompson SpaceX has traced last month's loss of a flight-proven booster to an in-flight engine shutdown, according to a top company official.
NASA will attempt another 'hot fire' test of its SLS moon rocket today. Watch it live! By Elizabeth Howell NASA plans to do a test of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage Thursday (March 18), during a two-hour window that opens at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT). Watch it live!
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei could spend a year in space By Meghan Bartels NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei may spend a year in space after his launch in April — and if that's the case, he'll welcome the opportunity.
Russia's only woman cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, inspires one-of-a-kind Barbie doll By Robert Z. Pearlman Russia's only woman cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, inspires one-of-a-kind Barbie doll.
Russia's Soyuz 2 sports new look inspired by first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's rocket By Robert Z. Pearlman For the first time in years, Russia's Soyuz-2 launch vehicle will lift off with a new look, inspired by the rocket that put the world's first human into space.
Arcs of 'lightning' on the moon could be the future of lunar mining By Chelsea Gohd Could shooting arcs of "lightning" across the surface of the moon allow us to mine metal and water from the lunar surface at the same time?
Space station tosses 2.9-ton hunk of space junk overboard. It will stay in orbit for years. By Mike Wall The International Space Station discarded a 2.9-ton pallet of used batteries on Thursday morning (March 11), the most massive object it has ever jettisoned.
NASA honors Navajo language on Mars with Perseverance rover rock names By Chelsea Gohd NASA is highlighting the Navajo language with its latest Mars mission.
Brilliant SpaceX rocket launch sparks fireball reports along the US East Coast By Chelsea Gohd A SpaceX rocket launch was mistaken as a fireball in the sky.
Lunar timeline: humanity's explorations of the moon By Space.com Staff Here are some of the highlights from four centuries of scientific study of the moon.
Best space and sci-fi books for 2021 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.
Blue Origin will simulate moon gravity on rocket launches for NASA By Elizabeth Howell NASA has tapped Blue Origin to simulate moon gravity on suborbital rocket launches.
NASA astronauts in space talk coronavirus and more with the CDC By Kasandra Brabaw Astronauts on the International Space Station spoke to the CDC about how COVID-19 affected training, how the virus has affected their work in space, and how they study microbes aboard the ISS.
NASA taps high school students for space station duct tape dispenser By Robert Z. Pearlman For more than 50 years, NASA astronauts have relied on duct tape as a fix-it-all for everything from a lunar rover on the moon to an air leak on board the International Space Station.
SpaceX just launched a Falcon 9 rocket on a record 9th flight and stuck the landing By Amy Thompson A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit early Sunday (March 14) and nailed its landing at sea to top off a record-setting mission.
SpaceX to attempt record 9th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket with Starlink launch on Sunday By Amy Thompson SpaceX is gearing up to launch a third batch of Starlink satellites in as many weeks on Sunday (March 14) and you can watch the action live online.
In the Space.com forums this week: Debating Mars, imagining wormholes, and last call for a giveaway! By Mohamed Mohammed This week, the Space.com forums finds a debate about Mars and what it would be like to use a wormhole. Plus, just two days remain for our giveaway!
China's Long March 7A rocket launches on 1st successful flight By Hanneke Weitering China's new Long March 7A rocket successfully launched its first orbital mission after its first attempt one year ago ended with a failure.
NASA targets March 18 for a critical engine test of its Space Launch System moon rocket By Elizabeth Howell NASA's first Space Launch System megarocket will fire up its main engines in a critical test next week on March 18.
