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The new Lego NASA Space Shuttle Discovery set reproduces the winged orbiter and Hubble Space Telescope in detail.

Lego reveals space shuttle Discovery set featuring Hubble Space Telescope

By Robert Z. Pearlman

Once described as the most complex flying machine ever built, comprised of more than 2.5 million moving parts, you can now assemble your own model of NASA's space shuttle using just 2,354 pieces.

Lego's new NASA Space Shuttle Discovery set comes with the Hubble Space Telescope and will launch in Lego stores April 1, 2021.

This epic new Lego space shuttle set will let you recreate NASA's Hubble Space Telescope mission

By Elizabeth Howell

You'll soon be able to recreate one of NASA's most famous space shuttle missions in Lego for with the new NASA Space Shuttle Discovery set.

SpaceShipOne, with Brian Binnie at the controls, flew the second suborbital flight in one week’s time in 2004 to capture the $10 million Ansari X Prize flight purse.

Test pilot Brian Binnie recounts his historic flight on SpaceShipOne and the future of private space travel in new book

By Leonard David

Binnie retells it all in "The Magic and Menace of SpaceShipOne."

SpaceX is building giant Starship ockets like these or eventual trips to Mars.

In the Space.com forums this week: The best space shows, can Elon Musk's SpaceX reach Mars and more!

By Mohamed Mohammed

This week, the Space.com community shares some of their favorite space TV shows and if Elon Musk's SpaceX can reach Mars.

Artist's illustration of NASA Artemis astronauts on the moon.

NASA likely to stay the course to the moon under Bill Nelson, if confirmed

By Mike Wall

Don't expect big changes at NASA if Bill Nelson does end up leading the space agency.

Flight director Glynn Lunney at his console in the Mission Control Center during an Apollo simulation exercise in 1965.

Glynn Lunney, NASA flight director who led from 'trench' to the moon, dies at 84

By Robert Z. Pearlman

Legendary flight director Glynn S. Lunney, who led Mission Control during some of NASA's most challenging and triumphant hours, has died at the age of 84.

A Long March 4C rocket launched March 14 2021 with three new spy satellites on board.

China has 3 new spy satellites in orbit after Long March 4C launch

By Elizabeth Howell

China launched another trio of satellites into orbit late Friday (March 12), adding to its network of spy satellites observing regions nearby Chinese territory.

Russia's Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with Expedition 54 commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, both of the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos, and flight engineer Kate Rubins of NASA, on board is seen from a camera outside of the International Space Station as it is relocated from the Rassvet to Poisk module on Friday, March 19, 2021.

Space station crew moves Soyuz spacecraft to new parking spot ahead of new arrivals

By Robert Z. Pearlman

A Soyuz spacecraft moved to a new docking port at the International Space Station on Friday (March 19) to make room for an incoming crew next month.

The White House has nominated former Florida senator Bill Nelson to serve as NASA Administrator.

President Biden nominates Bill Nelson to serve as NASA chief

By Meghan Bartels

President Joe Biden has nominated former Florida senator Bill Nelson, a longtime NASA supporter, to lead the space agency.

The United Arab Emirates' Hope mission to Mars in photos

By Elizabeth Howell

See photos of the historic Emirates Mars Mission, which will send the United Arab Emirates' Hope orbiter to the Red Planet.

SpaceX's first Super Heavy booster for the company's Starship spacecraft is seen inside its assembly building at SpaceX's test facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas.

Elon Musk shows off SpaceX's 1st Starship Super Heavy booster

By Mike Wall

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showed off the company's first Starship Super Heavy booster in a Twitter post on Thursday (March 18).

Space junk created by a 2007 Chinese anti-satellite test hit a Russian satellite on Jan. 22, 2013.

US military to keep wary eye on Chinese and Russian space ambitions under President Biden

By Mike Wall

The space ambitions of Russia and China will likely stay front and center for the U.S. military during the administration of President Joe Biden.

The Soyuz MS-17 crew ship, which carried the Expedition 64 crew to the International Space Station on Oct. 14, 2020, is shown docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module on Oct. 18, 2020.

Space station crew will take their Soyuz spacecraft for a spin today and you can watch it live

By Samantha Mathewson

Crewmembers of the International Space Station will relocate a Soyuz spacecraft today (March 19) to make room for the arrival of Expedition 65 next month, and you can watch the whole thing live.

The four main engines of NASA's first Space Launch System core booster are gimbaled during a hot fire test on March 18, 2021.

NASA fires up its 1st SLS megarocket for moon flights in a critical engine test

By Amy Thompson

NASA's first Space Launch System megarocket to launch an Artemis mission to the moon fired up its core booster in a critical engine test Thursday (March 18).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Feb. 15, 2021, during a successful Starlink launch; however, the company lost the booster when it failed to touch down on the waiting drone ship.

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.

The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand during a hot fire test, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The four RS-25 engines fired for a little more than one minute and generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust. The hot fire is part of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the Space Launch System’s core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon.

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 joins Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov before their launch, currently scheduled for April 9, 2021.

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.

Mattel created two versions of the cosmonaut Anna Kikina Barbie doll: one wearing a flight suit and one in a Russian Orlan spacesuit.

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.

GK Launch Services' new white and blue livery for Russia's Soyuz 2 rocket was inspired by the frost-covered Vostok booster that lifted off with the first human to fly to space 60 years ago.

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.

Researchers have come up with a new technique for lunar mining known as "ablative arc mining." This image shows the March 2021 night sky Full Worm Moon.

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?