California's Caldor Fire seen from space in harrowing satellite images (gallery) By Christine Lunsford The Caldor Fire, one of the largest in California's history, has been blazing since Aug. 14, 2021.
BepiColombo: Exploring Mercury, the least visited planet of the inner solar system By Elizabeth Howell, Tereza Pultarova The European-Japanese BepiColombo mission hopes to shed light on many of the unexplored mysteries of Mercury, the least explored planet of the inner solar system.
NASA tallies Hurricane Ida damage to Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans By Meghan Bartels NASA personnel at the agency's manufacturing facility in Louisiana are continuing to evaluate damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which made landfall on Sunday (Aug. 29).
Inspiration4 astronauts to conduct health research on private SpaceX mission By Chelsea Gohd The private astronauts of Inspiration4 will be helping to expand our understanding of how space affects the human body on their mission around Earth.
The US Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane: 10 surprising facts By Mike Wall Learn all about the U.S. Space Force's robotic X-37B space plane, which has flown six mystery missions to date.
The launch of NASA's new Landsat 9 satellite has been delayed by a liquid nitrogen shortage By Amy Thompson The launch of NASA's Earth-observing Landsat 9 satellite will be delayed a week due to a shortage of liquid nitrogen.
NASA challenges students to dream up experiments for suborbital rocket launches By Rebecca Sohn NASA is looking for student teams to enter its TechRise Student Challenge, which tasks students in grades six through 12 with designing experiments to launch on a suborbital spaceflight.
Record-high astronaut applications overwhelm European Space Agency By Scott Dutfield ESA is asking over 23,000 astronaut hopefuls for patience.
Small cracks found in International Space Station module: report By Mike Wall Small cracks have been discovered in the International Space Station's Russian-built Zarya module, according to a new report.
Hurricane Ida puts NASA facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi on lockdown By Meghan Bartels NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and its Stennis Space Center in nearby Hancock County, Mississippi, both faced a wallop from Hurricane Ida as the massive storm made landfall.
SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship docks at space station in time for astronaut's birthday By Mike Wall The robotic Dragon capsule delivered about 4,800 lbs. (2,200 kilograms) of supplies and scientific gear to the orbiting lab.
America's forgotten plans to reach the moon By Nigel Watson, All About Space magazine Before Apollo, many ingenious lunar landing schemes were proposed that could have changed history.
Inspiration4: SpaceX's historic private spaceflight in photos By Space.com Staff See photos of the Inspiration4 mission, scheduled to launch Sept. 15 with the first all-civilian crew.
Satellite photos show final US evacuation efforts from Kabul airport in Afghanistan By Tariq Malik Satellite photos are capturing final views of the U.S. evacuation effort from Kabul, Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover.
SpaceX Starship: Key milestones for the world's most powerful rocket By Elizabeth Howell SpaceX's Starship system is the most powerful rocket yet. Here are some of the key moments in its history as the rocket and spacecraft get ready for the first orbital test.
SpaceX launches Dragon cargo capsule to space station, nails rocket landing at sea By Amy Thompson SpaceX launched its 21st rocket of the year today (Aug 29), sending a robotic Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station before nailing a landing at sea.
Astra rocket fails to reach space during test launch for US military By Mike Wall Astra's Launch Vehicle 0006 failed to reach space during an orbital test flight today (Aug. 28), suffering an anomaly about 2.5 minutes after liftoff.
Bad weather delays SpaceX Dragon cargo launch to space station By Hanneke Weitering The International Space Station will have to wait one more day to receive its next cargo shipment.
Satellite spots SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon from orbit ahead of cargo launch to space station (photos) By Hanneke Weitering On Friday (Aug. 27) Maxar Technologies' WorldView-2 satellite spotted SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo spacecraft from orbit.
