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NASA announced that the four Artemis II astronauts will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on August 28 for their record-breaking lunar flyby mission.
SpaceX successfully launched 29 Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket and landed the booster on a droneship at sea, marking another step in expanding its broadband constellation.
Japan's space agency JAXA has presented the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, scheduled to launch on October 19. The mission aims to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars' two …
SpaceX reached a new milestone by launching its 100th Falcon rocket mission of the year, sending 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from California.
Astronomers have detected a compact, solar-system-sized object from the early universe that may represent a new class of cosmic bodies, possibly a 'black hole star' bridging black holes and stars.
Half a century after Viking 1's historic landing on Mars, NASA is charting a new course for the Red Planet, combining its scientific leadership with private-sector innovation for upcoming missions, …
China will launch its Chang'e 7 mission this weekend, a multi-spacecraft expedition to the lunar south pole that will search for water ice and test technologies for future crewed exploration.
UPSA’s newest public service turns a century of solar and lunar eclipses into an interactive, city-by-city simulator just as the Aug. 12 total eclipse reaches Iceland and Spain.
Russia has moved from prototypes to serial Rassvet launches, but the open schedule is not ahead of its earlier targets. Orbital geometry suggests roughly 250 well-phased satellites could provide continuous …
China’s Aug. 10 launch of ChinaSat 4B failed after an in-flight anomaly. The key technical question is where the failure began, not merely when a visible breakup occurred.
Scientists plan to turn the 2026 total eclipse into a high-altitude experiment, extending observations of the solar corona beyond what observers can see from the ground.
Artificial intelligence is already processing space telescope data, guiding Mars rovers, and assisting astronauts aboard spacecraft, marking a shift from science fiction to everyday mission operations.
NASA launched the Juno spacecraft toward Jupiter on Aug. 5, 2011. The solar-powered probe reached the planet in 2016 and has spent years studying its atmosphere, magnetic field, and interior, …
European researchers and companies can apply to run innovative software aboard ESA's Hera asteroid mission, millions of kilometers from Earth.
SpaceX is aiming to launch its next Starship as soon as the end of this month, with Elon Musk saying the company also wants to attempt another catch of the …
A four-tonne piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is on course to strike the moon on Wednesday at 5,400 miles per hour. The unintended collision poses no threat to …
A discarded Falcon 9 upper stage from a January 2025 launch will unintentionally hit the lunar surface at about 5,400 miles per hour, carving a new crater and giving scientists …
The U.S. Space Force awarded contracts worth a combined $615 million to Rocket Lab, STR and a third unnamed vendor for the AMTI satellite program, which focuses on tracking airborne …
SpaceX is preparing to send four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sept. 12, with officials describing the upcoming flight as «a very busy mission». The crew will travel …
NASA's Phoenix Mars lander lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 4, 2007, beginning a polar mission that later confirmed water ice beneath the Martian arctic surface.
