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Global food security is a major challenge in the face of population growth and climate change. One of the first steps in achieving food security for all is to know which crops are growing where and how – each season. Launching today, ESA’s WorldCereal is the world’s first dynamic system capable of providing seasonally updated crop information to help monitor agricultural production across the globe.

The European aerospace giant Airbus has unveiled a new concept space habitat that will be more spacious and comfortable than existing space stations.

China launched a new rainfall-monitoring satellite on Saturday (April 15) after a dispute with Taiwan over airspace closure issues.

And on Thursday evening, April 20, everyone across North America will have an opportunity to sight an exceedingly young crescent moon. Try your own hand at finding it!

A report, publishing today, states that ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica has increased fivefold since the 1990s, and now accounts for a quarter of sea-level rise.

Making use of the very first resources of another world would be a major feat for our species, bringing us closer to living in space to stay. But reaching such a milestone will take sustained inventiveness and effort – so ESA invites your ideas to help make it happen.

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of SpaceX’s first full-scale Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket from Starbase, SpaceX’s development and test facility at Boca Chica Beach, Texas. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark reports from Starbase in South Texas as SpaceX prepares the largest rocket in history for a second launch attempt after calling off a launch attempt Monday due to a valve problem. The next launch attempt is set for Thursday at 8:28 a.m. CDT (9:28 a.m. EDT; 1328 UTC).

Last March, S&T editor Diana Hannikainen accompanied a group of stargazers to the islands of Hawai'i on an astronomical adventure.

SpaceX’s fully fueled Starship and Super Heavy booster during the first launch attempt Monday, April 17. Credit: SpaceX

Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and CEO, did his best to set low expectations heading into the first test flight of the gargantuan Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket this week.

Imagery from satellites operated by Maxar Technologies has provided insight into the damage caused by fighting between rival military factions in Sudan.

Rocket Lab plans to launch a mission with a pre-flown engine later this year, taking a big step toward its goal of rocket reusability.

China's Shenzhou 15 astronauts have completed the fourth and final spacewalk of their six-month-long mission.

In a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 19, the director of the Pentagon's new UFO office shot down hopes that the U.S. government has evidence that aliens have visited Earth.

A museum dedicated to the history of Texas aviation now has a "space" devoted to flight even higher than the state's skies. The Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston opened its Space Gallery.

SpaceX is working "around the clock" on a variety of issues ahead of the first planned space launch of its huge Starship vehicle, Elon Musk said.

A company behind a NASA mission is capping off its first six months with an experimental cider. Advanced Space and Stem Ciders are releasing CAPSTONE, a hoppy cider celebrating a spacecraft.

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The BetaFPV Cetus Lite FPV Kit is incredibly easy to fly alongside offering a great introduction to using FPV goggles at a competitive price.

North Korean state media announced Wednesday (April 19) that the country has built its first spy satellite and is preparing it for launch.