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NASA won't give up hope on silent MAVEN Mars probe: 'We're still looking for it'
NASA has not reestablished contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter since a planned communications blackout ended Jan. 16.
Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.
Watch Rocket Lab launch private Japanese 'Strix' satellite to orbit on March 20
Rocket Lab will launch an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective on Friday (March 20), and you can watch it live.
SpaceX fires up next-gen 'V3' Starship for 1st time ahead of April launch (photos)
SpaceX conducted a static fire test with the first stage of its V3 Starship on Monday (March 16), a milestone moment for this bigger, more powerful megarocket variant.
SpaceX launches 10,000th active Starlink satellite in low Earth orbit (video)
SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets on March 17, each carrying Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. The company now has more than 10,000 active satellites in its constellation.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin wants to defend Earth against dangerous asteroids. Here's how
Blue Origin and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are teaming up to design an asteroid-defense spacecraft that will deploy a variety of deflection technologies.
Two days, two coasts, two more SpaceX Starlink batches launched
Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets carrying Starlink satellites were launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 13 and 14, 2026.
ISS astronauts take out the space trash | Space photo of the day for March 12, 2026
A photo captures Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL freighter being jettisoned away from the International Space Station carrying thousands of pounds of garbage, headed for a fiery demise.
