The first full-size prototype of SpaceX's Starship vehicle should be ready to launch on an orbital test flight "in a few weeks," company founder and CEO Elon Musk said via Twitter on Saturday (Aug. 14).
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NASA's superfast Parker Solar Probe just broke it own speed record at the sun
A tiny cubesat called AuroraSat-1 will launch atop a Rocket Lab Electron booster in the fourth quarter of this year to demonstrate de-orbiting tech for small spacecraft.
Earth rocks collected in 19th century hold clues to finding water on Mars
By studying rocks on Earth, researchers suggest that their Martian counterparts could also have water trapped within them.
Who was Giuseppe ‘Bepi’ Colombo and why Does he Have a Spacecraft Named After him?
Astronomers have an excellent habit of naming large projects after deserving contributors to their field. From Nancy Grace Roman to Edwin Hubble, some of the biggest missions are named after space exploration pioneers. When ESA and JAXA sat down to figure out a name for their new Mercury probe, they would have come across an important name early in their research – Giuseppe “Bepi” Colombo – the man who helped plan the Mariner 10 Mercury mission.
'Star Trek' legend Nichelle Nichols caught in ongoing conservatorship battle: report
Beloved "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols is caught in the middle of a conservatorship battle as she fights her own battle with dementia.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Hertzsprung–Russell (HR) diagram
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll soon have a better way to categorize today’s topic: the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram!
Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars through challenging 12th flight on Red Planet
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity made its 12th Red Planet flight on Monday (Aug. 16), during which the little chopper served as eyes in the sky for its larger companion, the Perseverance rover.
Saturn Has a Fuzzy Core, Too
New research reveals that Saturn, like Jupiter, has a “fuzzy” core that extends 60% of the way to its surface, a finding that is changing how astronomers think about giant planets.
Can the US and China Cooperate in Space?
China’s meteoric rise in space science and exploration—along with its new partnership with Russia—is spurring U.S. experts to reconsider a long-standing prohibition on bilateral collaborations
Famous Einstein equation used to create matter from light for first time
The particles used were spooky virtual particles, conjured from a disturbance between two electromagnetic fields.
Space collision: Chinese satellite got whacked by hunk of Russian rocket in March
The partial breakup of China's Yunhai 1-02 military satellite on March 18 is no longer mysterious.
Arianespace launches second Pléiades Neo remote sensing satellite
A European Vega rocket blasts off with nearly 700,000 pounds of thrust Monday night. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon
A European Vega rocket launched from French Guiana Monday night with Airbus’s second Pléiades Neo remote sensing satellite, two European Space Agency CubeSats to track space weather, a student-built nanosatellite from Italy, and a small maritime surveillance payload from the French company Unseenlabs.
Vega launches Pléiades Neo and CubeSats
Europe’s Vega has delivered Pléiades Neo-4 and four auxiliary payloads, SunStorm, RadCube and LEDSAT developed through ESA, and BRO-4, to their planned orbits.
Haiti's earthquake aftermath is visible from space
Satellite imagery captured the devastating damage left behind from the 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Saturday (Aug. 14).
Launch of lunar CubeSat moved from Virginia to New Zealand
Artist’s illustration of the CAPSTONE spacecraft near the moon. Credit: NASA/Rocket Lab/Advanced Space/Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems
The launch of a miniature trailblazer probe for NASA’s planned Gateway lunar space station has been moved from Rocket Lab’s new launch pad in Virginia to the company’s spaceport in New Zealand, officials recently announced.
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Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with Airbus’s Pléiades Neo 4 commercial Earth observation satellite and four secondary payloads. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
Watch Black Holes Grow, Galaxies Fall
Thousands of people congregated on the tarmac at Kabul's international airport amid mass evacuations
5,000 possible alien worlds in less than 4 years for NASA planet-hunting mission
Multiple exploding stars may have seeded the solar system with material required to form planets.
SpaceX paused Starlink launches to give its internet satellites lasers
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket emerges from a hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Monday for rollout to Site 31. Credit: Roscosmos
A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled out to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Monday, moving into position for liftoff Thursday with 34 more satellites for OneWeb’s broadband internet network.
In photos: The astronauts of Expedition 65 to the International Space Station
With 11 crewmembers, two SpaceX Crew Dragon missions and a Russian module mishap, it's been a busy mission! See photos of the Expedition 65 crew in action.
