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Pilot Larry Connor and commander Mike Lopez-Alegria (left and right) during training inside a SpaceX simulator. Credit: Axiom Space / SpaceX

NASA officials gave the green light Friday for the first all-commercial astronaut launch to the International Space Station on a SpaceX rocket as soon as April 3. But the astronaut launch could be delayed a day, or longer, to give priority to a countdown test for NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket on a neighboring launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center.

The U.S Federal Aviation Administration has delayed an environmental review of SpaceX's Starship program by at least another month, to April 29 at the earliest.

On April 3, 2022, SpaceX and the private spaceflight company Axiom Space will make history with the launch of Ax-1, the first all-private mission to the International Space Station. 

The Milky Way's thick disk is 2 billion years older than astronomers previously thought and likely formed barely 800 million years after the Big Bang.

Joining the EU would open up prospects for cooperation in all spheres of politics and business — including the space industry — at the highest level for Ukraine.

Antarctic sea-ice extent dropped to a record low in the satellite data in February, but it's likely due to natural variation.

New documents suggest that NASA officials dismissed concerns raised by the LGBTQ community over the name of its newest observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope.

Live views of launch pad 39B and updates on preparations for the inaugural launch of NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket on the Artemis 1 test flight.

Deliver Us the Moon sequel confirmed for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation consoles.

China's Tianwen 1 orbiter recently captured photos of China's Zhurong rover and NASA's Perseverance rover as the two wheeled robots explored their Martian surroundings.

Four dog constellations are now visible in the night sky, if you know where to look

NASA officials promise 'an exciting new observation' from the 32-year-old observatory.

NASA selected a full year of observations for Webb but is keeping its first science targets top secret.

Three brand new Lego Star Wars dioramas will be available from 26th April, and pre-orders are open now.

Week in images: 21 - 25 March 2022

These sensational science fiction film scores are truly music to our ears and deserve their place in Oscar sci-fi movie soundtracks history.

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The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) will observe the Universe in the near-infrared and mid-infrared – at wavelengths longer than visible light.

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We spy from way up high an ESA astronaut dangling from the International Space Station.