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SpaceX’s Starship will carry an SUV-sized rover to the Moon in 2026
Meet FLEX, a lunar vehicle that's bigger than NASA's Perseverance rover and can travel at up to 15 miles per hour.
Virgin Orbit officially shutters its space launch operations
Weeks after implementing a company-wide furlough, struggling space launch company Virgin Orbit officially calls it quits.
Lockheed Martin is building a Moon-to-Earth satellite communications network
Lockheed Martin's new startup will build a network of satellites to keep Moon explorers in contact with Earth.
How to see five planets aligned in the night sky this week
If you want to catch a (somewhat) rare planetary alignment in the night sky, find a clear area without much light pollution and set your gaze to the west right after sunset this evening. There, you’ll see five of our neighbors — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus — lined up in an orderly spread.
Blue Origin pins last summer's NS-23 rocket failure on a faulty engine nozzle
Blue Origin says a flawed engine nozzle brought down a rocket last September.
Relativity Space launched its 3D-printed rocket, but failed to reach orbit
Relativity Space managed to launch its 3D-printed rocket, but a glitch prevented the vehicle from reaching orbit.
NASA’s AIM spacecraft goes silent after a 15-year run studying the Earth’s oldest clouds
NASA launched AIM in 2007 to study noctilucent or night-shining clouds.
UK Space Agency funds Rolls-Royce's bid to put a nuclear reactor on the moon
Rolls-Royce is creating a nuclear micro-reactor to power future moon bases.
Virgin Orbit furloughs most employees and pauses operations for a week
Satellite launching company Virgin Orbit is starting an "operational pause" and furloughing most employees except for a skeleton crew.
This is the spacesuit NASA's Artemis astronauts will wear on the Moon
NASA and Axiom have revealed the spacesuit Artemis astronauts will use on the Moon.
NASA picks Axiom Space for its third astronaut mission to the ISS
NASA has chosen Axiom Space's proposal yet again for the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
The JWST captures a rare star about to go nova
The capture you see above shows WR 124, a star located in the constellation Sagittarius, approximately 15,000 light years away from Earth.
SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission safely returns to Earth after five months in space
SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission safely splashed down on Saturday evening, bringing home four astronauts.
Relativity Space's 3D-printed rocket fails to lift off during second launch attempt
Another day, another scrub for Relativity Space's Terran 1, the world’s first 3D-printed rocket.
Watch Relativity Space try to launch a 3D-printed rocket into orbit at 1PM Eastern (update: rescheduled)
The first orbital-grade 3D-printed rocket is set to launch this afternoon — here's how to watch live.
Curiosity rover captures our first clear view of Martian sunbeams
On February 2nd, Curiosity captured a rare sight on camera, making it the first time we've seen crepuscular rays (or "sun rays") this clearly from the Martian surface.
Japan's H3 rocket self-destructs in space during failed launch
JAXA was forced to activate H3's flight termination system a few minutes after it launched.
NASA's DART spacecraft took out over 1,000 tons of rock from its target asteroid
Scientists confirm that DART's impact method can be used to protect Earth from planet-killing asteroids.
Space organizations want the moon to have its own time zone
A joint international effort is now being launched towards establishing a standard time for the moon.
Russia's replacement Soyuz spacecraft arrives at ISS to bring back MS-22 crew
MS-23, the Soyuz spacecraft Russia sent to bring cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio back to Earth, has arrived at the International Space Station.