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Iran will soon have access to sharp orbital imagery, thanks to a newly launched Russian-built spy satellite.

For planetary scientist Alan Stern, witnessing the 20th century deep sea sarcophagus that is the Titanic serves up analogies to spaceflight.

SpaceX will launch 53 of its Starlink internet satellites and land a rocket at sea on Tuesday (Aug. 9), and you can watch the action live.

There's a 70% chance that the weather will be good enough to allow another batch of SpaceX's Starlink satellites to get off the ground from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Filmmaker Hashem Al-Ghaili has created a micro-budget sci-fi film with amazing visual effects in 'Orbital.'

SpaceX's massive "Booster 7" Super Heavy rocket prototype moved back to the launch pad Aug. 5 and 6 to prep for an orbital test flight with Starship later this year.

NOAA reported that a "moderate" solar storm struck Earth over the weekend, and another once could hit today.

Soviet-era cosmonaut Anatoly Filipchenko, who launched on two docking tests, first for a possible Russian moon landing and then the first joint flight with the United States, has died at age 94.

If you're worried about the full moon washing out the Perseid meteor shower peak Aug. 12, go out now. NASA cameras have already spotted 'shooting stars.'

The first agency assignments, for Artemis 2, should be announced later in 2022.

Ticket sales for NASA's next moonbound launch briefly overwhelmed the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's website, but officials quickly addressed it.

China's Shenzhou 14 astronauts are getting the country's new space station module ready to host crews over the next decade.

Stardust provides the building blocks that form new stars and planets. New research shows a significant proportion of this stellar material may have been left in the solar system by giant stars going supernova.

The Space Force has conducted a demonstration using "robot dogs" for security patrols and other repetitive tasks.

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged globular cluster NGC 6638, located in the constellation Sagittarius.

What do astronauts eat in space? Here we explore the range of food and drink that has been consumed in space and how space gastronomy has changed over the years.

If a distant solar system is millions of light years away and so we see it as it was millions of years ago, how can we see what it looks like now? Parul, aged 13, Sri Ganganagar, India

The European Space Agency is considering ways to redesign a major X-ray space telescope after a number of ESA member states have backed out of the project.

A new device attached to the International Space Station provided first measurements of mineral dust on Earth, aiming to understand its effects on climate change.

The Holy Stone HS720G is a cheap and cheerful beginner drone offering basic 4K video and photos.

Although heavy, the Nikon Action EX 12x50 binoculars offer clear, crisp and bright views from within a tough, waterproof body.