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Watch live Friday: SpaceX launching 60 new Starlink satellites after delay

By Space.com Staff

SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites Friday (Sept. 18) and you can watch the launch live at 1:57 p.m. EDT (1757 GMT).

This metal-mesh antenna reflector was created as part of the European Space Agency's AMPER (Advanced techniques for mesh reflector with improved radiation pattern performance) project. Researchers are developing this mesh reflector technology to advance the performance and capabilities of large antennas.

Pictures from space! Our image of the day

By Space.com Staff

This metal-mesh antenna reflector was created as part of the European Space Agency's AMPER (Advanced techniques for mesh reflector with improved radiation pattern performance) project.

Netflix's 'Away' star Hilary Swank visits NASA's Johnson Space Center

By Samantha Mathewson

NASA shared a fun video of Hilary Swank's visit to mission control in preparation for her role as an astronaut in Netflix's new space series "Away."

Dynetics has built a full-scale prototype of its crewed lunar lander, which the company hopes will start landing NASA astronauts on the moon in 2024.

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.

The top space stories of the week!

By Doris Elin Urrutia

These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.

One of two solid rocket motors for the California Science Center's planned vertical display of space shuttle Endeavour is offloaded at Mojave Air and Space Port after being delivered from Northrop Grumman's test facility in Utah.

Space shuttle rocket boosters roll into California for Endeavour orbiter exhibit

By Robert Z. Pearlman

Two rocket boosters whose parts were used in 80 space shuttle missions are parked outside of Los Angeles, a step closer to joining NASA's retired Endeavour orbiter in an stand-up display.

NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson floats on the middeck of space shuttle Discovery during the STS-131 mission in April 2010. In front of him is a water bubble that reflects an upside-down image of the spaceflyer because the light has been refracted.

Astronaut Clayton Anderson will promote children's literacy in 1st 'Virtual Astronaut' talk next week

By Elizabeth Howell

Two-time NASA spaceflyer Clayton Anderson is the first speaker in a new virtual initiative designed to keep astronauts in the public eye.

The near-side of the moon, as seen by NASA's robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

NASA wants to buy moon dirt from private companies

By Mike Wall

NASA, which has already booked robotic rides to the lunar surface on commercial landers, now aims to pay private companies to collect moon dirt.

Northrop Grumman has named its next International Space Station-bound Cygnus spacecraft the S.S. Kalpana Chawla after the fallen NASA astronaut who was the first Indian-born woman to fly into space.

Cargo spacecraft named for fallen NASA astronaut Kalpana Chawla

By Robert Z. Pearlman

A commercial cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station will fly under the name of a fallen NASA astronaut who was the first Indian-born woman to enter space.

A view of the base of the Artemis 1 mission's SLS core stage shows four engines attached to the rocket component.

NASA megarocket blasts past cost estimates, forces Congress notification

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA's new Space Launch System megarocket and associated ground infrastructure have soared past original cost estimates to a degree that requires the agency to notify Congress.

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the classified NROL-71 spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office launches from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 19, 2019.

Trump signs Space Policy Directive-5 on space cybersecurity

By Mike Wall

Space Policy Directive-5 establishes a set of principles designed to protect the nation's valuable space assets from a burgeoning variety of cyber threats.

NASA's Europa Clipper mission, which will study the Jupiter ocean moon Europa in detail, is scheduled to launch in 2024.

Rocket limbo complicating NASA's Europa Clipper mission

By Mike Wall

NASA's highly anticipated mission to the Jupiter ocean moon Europa needs a rocket — and soon, the project's planners say.

NASA and Northrop Grumman successfully completed the Flight Support Booster-1 (FSB-1) test of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket in Promontory, Utah, on Sept. 2, 2020.

NASA test-fires its SLS megarocket booster for future moon missions (video)

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket finished a full-scale flight support booster test Wednesday (Sept. 2) as the agency gets ready to fly astronauts to the moon one day.

NASA's Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 1, or OGO-1, is seen in orbit on Aug. 25, 2020. The satellite launched in September 1964 and fell to Earth on Aug. 29, 2020.

Vintage NASA satellite falls to Earth, meets fiery doom after 56 years in space

By Meghan Bartels

A long-retired NASA satellite burned up in Earth's atmosphere over the weekend, the agency has confirmed.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft approaches the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, on May 31, 2020.

Commercial crews and private astronauts will boost International Space Station's science

By Elizabeth Howell

A golden age may be coming for human spaceflight research as more astronauts than ever fly to the International Space Station aboard commercial crew vehicles and through private companies.

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is pictured at the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility in Florida, undergoing inspection after its Orbital Flight Test.

Boeing's Starliner could launch to the space station in December

By Hanneke Weitering

Boeing is now planning to launch the second uncrewed test flight of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft no earlier than December, the company announced Friday (Aug. 28).

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour (right) is seen docked at the International Space Station's Harmony module near Japan's HTV-9 cargo ship and the European Columbus laboratory on July 1, 2020.

International Space Station at 20: Commercialization increases as end of life looms

By Elizabeth Howell

The International Space Station hits 20 years of continuous human habitation this fall, and NASA aims to make the most of the years the orbiting lab has left.