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SpaceX has recovered the Starship upper stage from the Indian Ocean after its latest test flight, loading the floating spacecraft onto a large recovery vessel for transport back to port.
French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will conduct her third spacewalk outside the International Space Station on September 1, following two previous excursions in August 2026.
The James Webb Space Telescope surveyed 72 stars in a nearby star-forming region, revealing that planet formation begins earlier and ends faster than previously thought, reshaping models of planetary system …
The MTG-I2 satellite lifted off on an Ariane 6 rocket from French Guiana, completing the first family of Meteosat Third Generation imagers and promising a leap in weather forecasting data …
NASA's Swift space telescope is set to make an uncontrolled reentry into Earth's atmosphere after a private satellite-servicing mission designed to boost its orbit fell apart, raising questions about the …
On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched Mariner 2, the first spacecraft to conduct a successful planetary flyby, passing Venus and returning the first close-up data from another planet.
SpaceX has announced plans for a massive new Starbase launch facility in Louisiana, a project valued at $100 billion that is expected to create around 3,000 jobs and establish a …
Blue Canyon Technologies, an RTX subsidiary, has introduced a new spacecraft subsystem designed to simplify and accelerate mission development for small satellites.
A new study warns that proposed massive space mirrors, designed to reflect sunlight for various purposes, could appear up to 40 times brighter than the full moon, potentially disrupting astronomical …
Astronomers have detected a faint stream of stars torn from a globular cluster in the ultra-diffuse galaxy UGC 9050-Dw1, 115 million light-years away. It is the first such stream found …
SpaceX sent a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on a predawn launch from California, continuing the company's rapid deployment of its broadband constellation.
Two astronauts completed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to replace a faulty antenna, restoring a critical video transmission link. The successful repair ensures continued high-definition video coverage of …
Spirit Electronics expands its online catalog with space-grade and high-reliability components from Texas Instruments and Microchip Technology ahead of SmallSat 2026, supporting the growing small satellite market.
SpaceX, Tesla and Neuralink look very different when judged by operational maturity rather than launch presentations and predicted dates.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in August 2026, will use its wide field of view to study dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets, complementing the more …
French astronaut Sophie Adenot will perform her second spacewalk to finish replacing a faulty antenna outside the International Space Station, a mission that remained incomplete after her first outing.
On Aug. 25, 1997, NASA launched the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) to study solar wind and cosmic particles, a mission that continues to provide crucial data for space weather forecasting …
China's Chang'e 7 lunar mission, targeting the moon's south pole, has been delayed due to adverse weather conditions at the launch site. The mission is part of China's broader lunar …
A coordinated observation campaign using 17 spacecraft has revealed that solar eruptions are more complex than previously thought, with surprising differences in how they expand and evolve through the solar …
NASA has selected 18 futuristic spaceflight ideas for initial funding under its NIAC program, including a proposal to send 10,000 tiny 'femtosats' to Saturn and other visionary concepts like a …
