In January of 2021, Elon Musk announced SpaceX’s latest plan to increase the number of flights they can mount by drastically reducing turnaround time. The key to this was a new launch tower that would “catch” first stage boosters after they return to Earth. This would forego the need to install landing legs on future Super Heavy boosters and potentially future Starship returning to Earth.
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Live coverage: Soyuz rocket poised for ninth launch of OneWeb satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with 34 OneWeb broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
North America is surrounded by 4 storms and wildfire smoke in this satellite view
A stunning new satellite image captures four different storms churning in the skies above North America as the continent nears the peak of hurricane season.
Record temperatures, fire clouds and drought ravage Earth in scorching-hot 2021
2021 is "virtually certain" to be one of the top 10 hottest years on record, and "fire clouds," could become a summer staple, scientists revealed in a monthly briefing today (Aug. 19).
Mars' suspected underground lake could be just volcanic rock, new study finds
A Long March 4B rocket launches a pair of Tianhui 2 mapping satellites. Credit: CASC
China launched a Long March 4B rocket Wednesday carrying two Tianhui radar mapping satellites into orbit more than 300 miles in altitude.
Svetlana Savitskaya: Second woman in space, 1st female spacewalker
Former cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya was the second woman to go to space, the first woman to perform a spacewalk and the first woman to go to space twice.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Spectrum
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll get the whole picture with today’s topic: spectrum!
'The Colony' trailer shows the struggle for survival upon returning to a once-ravaged Earth
Set in the distant future, a female astronaut, shipwrecked on the long-decimated Earth, must decide the fate of the wasteland's remaining populace in "The Colony."
How can we take pictures of Earth-like exoplanets? Use the sun!
If we ever want to take pictures of an Earth-like exoplanet, we need to think bigger than the biggest telescopes on Earth.
Ingenuity’s Flight 12 was a Tricky one, Flying Over Hazardous Terrain
The Ingenuity helicopter on Mars has now completed its 12th flight, where it acted as a scout, looking ahead for dangerous terrain for it’s partner in crime, the Perseverance rover.
Physicists give weird new phase of matter an extra dimension
The new phase of matter behaves like a solid and a frictionless liquid at the same time
Virgin Orbit is buying 2 more rocket-launching planes
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has rolled into a patch of ground that could shed considerable light on the Red Planet's climate history.
Hubble Space Telescope studies peculiar 'ultra-diffuse galaxy' (photo)
If skies are clear this weekend, we’ll see the full Moon. And not just any old full Moon, but the Blue Moon — the “true” Blue Moon.
NASA visitor complex to open immersive 'Gateway' to deep space in 2022
If skies are clear this weekend, you'll see the full Moon. And not just any old full Moon, but the Blue Moon . . . the "true" Blue Moon!
SpaceX's Crew-3 astronaut launch for NASA delayed by 'minor medical issue'
Four concepts are competing to be NASA’s next flagship mission. From exo-Earths to X-rays, what will the future hold?
Gaia Finds Ancient Satellite Galaxy Pontus Embedded in Milky Way
The Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft recorded the sound of the solar wind at Venus as it flew just 340 miles above the planet during a maneuver designed to adjust its path.
Here’s Perseverance, Seen From Space
On Aug. 9, Maxar Technologies' WorldView-3 satellite snapped a great shot of SpaceX's "Starbase" facility, where the company is building and testing its Starship deep-space transportation system.
Russia will launch a film crew to the International Space Station Tuesday and you can watch it live
NASA and Star Trek are teaming up to celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry today in a webcast event.
It’ll Soon be Possible to Make Satellite Phone Calls With Your Regular Phone
The solar system's largest planet reaches opposition today (Aug. 19).
NASA awards $415 million for private space stations amid ISS transition questions
Arianespace will launch dozens of internet satellites for the communications company OneWeb today (Aug. 19), and you can watch the liftoff live.
