This is what it looks like to reenter Earth’s atmosphere from a space capsule’s POVVarda Space Industries stuck a camera on its W-1 capsule to capture its first reentry mission.By C. MacDonald, 03.02.2024
Intuitive Machines’ moon lander sent home its first images and they’re breathtakingThe spacecraft is on track to make a landing attempt on February 22. By C. MacDonald, 02.17.2024
Peregrine Mission 1 heralds the beginning of the moon’s commercializationAstrobotic's Peregrine could be the first ever private spacecraft to make a soft landing on the lunar surface.By C. MacDonald, 01.07.2024
SpaceX dominated private spaceflight in 2023, but its competitors (mostly) aren't quittingThere were 200 successful orbital launches before the end of the year, and SpaceX alone was responsible for 92. By C. MacDonald, 12.21.2023
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will return to flight tomorrow after over a year grounded The rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ space company experienced a failure in September 2022 and hasn’t flown since. By C. MacDonald, 12.17.2023
Virgin Galactic's first private passenger spaceflight will launch as soon as August 10thThe company is one step closer to space tourism.By J. Fingas, 07.17.2023
Blue Origin is investigating why a rocket engine exploded during testingThe engine was destined for a ULA rocket.By J. Fingas, 07.11.2023
Virgin Galactic completes its first commercial spaceflightThe debut is 10 years in the making. By S. Dent, 06.29.2023
Watch the launch of Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflightThe company is streaming the event live starting at 11AM ET.By M. Moon, 06.29.2023
Virgin Galactic will start commercial spaceflight on June 29thA second flight is already slated for early August.By J. Fingas, 06.26.2023
Virgin Galactic completes its final VSS Unity flight test before space tourism debutThe company is finally close to serving real customers.By J. Fingas, 05.25.2023
Virgin Galactic's final VSS Unity flight test is slated for May 25thUnity 25 should be the last mission before commercial spaceflights begin.By J. Fingas, 05.17.2023
Watch Japan's ispace try to land on the Moon today at 12:40PM ETHakuto-R could be the first private spacecraft to touch down on the lunar surface.By J. Fingas, 04.25.2023
SpaceX's Starship completed its first fully integrated launch before explodingThe rocket failed to separate from its booster.By J. Fingas, 04.20.2023
Blue Origin pins last summer's NS-23 rocket failure on a faulty engine nozzleThe uncrewed capsule will fly again.By J. Fingas, 03.24.2023
SpaceX's first attempt to fire all 33 Starship engines at once ends with mixed resultsThe landmark test still brings Starship closer to its first orbital flight.By M. Moon, 02.09.2023
Russia will send a 'rescue' spacecraft to the ISS following leakThe mission will replace a damaged Soyuz capsule.By J. Fingas, 01.12.2023
NASA is funding ideas for a Titan seaplane and faster deep space travelThere are also concepts for an observatory 'swarm' and self-growing Mars habitats.By J. Fingas, 01.10.2023
Walter Cunningham, last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut, dies at 90Apollo 7 paved the way for the moon landing, and brought space flight into the nation's living rooms.By W. Shanklin, 01.04.2023
NASA's Orion photographed the Earth and moon from a quarter-million miles awayThe spacecraft snapped the photo at a record-setting distance from home.By J. Fingas, 11.29.2022