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Watch the launch of Eutelsat Quantum
Follow the launch on 30 July of a sophisticated telecommunications satellite capable of being completely repurposed while in space.
SpaceX stretches rocket reuse record with another Starlink launch
ESA has successfully operated a spacecraft with Europe’s next-generation mission control system for the first time. The powerful software, named the 'European Ground System - Common Core' (EGS-CC), will be the ‘brain’ of all European spaceflight operations in the years to come, and promises new possibilities for how future missions will fly.
“All eyes on weather” for Friday test launch of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is stacked on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral. Credit: Boeing/Damon Tucci
The threat of lightning could thwart plans to launch an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Friday with a Boeing commercial crew capsule on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station, according to the forecasters on the Space Coast.
Magnetic "Spoon" Feeds Supermassive Black Hole
The Space.com Forums are giving away a SpaceX Crew-3 prize pack to get ready for the planned Oct. 31, 2021 launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station.
25 weird and wild solar system facts
On Monday (July 26), astronauts said goodbye to a cornerstone of the International Space Station and captured stunning images of the compartment burning up in Earth's atmosphere.
SpaceX is about to begin launching the next series of Starlink satellites
A Starlink ground terminal. Credit: SpaceX
After going through July with no launches, SpaceX is scheduled to resume missions in August with Falcon 9 rocket flights from California and Florida to commence deployment of the next generation of Starlink internet satellites.
Jeff Bezos asks NASA for moon lander contract, offers to cover billions in costs
Hot on the heels of its first crewed flight to suborbital space, Blue Origin reiterated that it wants a NASA moon lander contract — and stressed that it's willing to put a lot of its own money into the effort.
Fireball streaks across North Texas, creating light show and sonic boom
A fireball streaked across North Texas last night, leading to several hundred witness reports of a bright flash and sonic boom.
SpaceX retires giant net boats that caught rocket nose cones
SpaceX has retired its two rocket nose-cone-catching boats with their giant arms and nets.
Watch the trailer for 'Return to Space' on Netflix chronicling SpaceX's historic 1st astronaut launch
In the wisp-thin sky of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest satellite in the solar system, astronomers have for the first time detected evidence of water vapor, a new study finds.
Lunar Rovers Could be Dropped Into Lava Tubes to Explore Their Depths
In some planetary systems, the direction that a star spins and the direction its planets orbit don’t always line up. A new study explores what we can learn from these nonconformists.
German X-ray space telescope captures most complete map of black holes ever
A German X-ray mission is mapping the distribution of black holes and neutron stars in the Universe, having discovered over two million such new objects in less than two years since its launch.
Europe Launches its new Robotic arm, Which Will Crawl Around the International Space Station Like an Inchworm
The robotic arms of the ISS are some of its most useful tools. The arms, designed by Canadian and Japanese space agencies, have been instrumental in ferrying around astronauts and shepherding modules to one side of the ISS. However, the Russian segment lacked its own robotic arm – until a new one designed by ESA was launched last week.
Flashing meteor that exploded over Norway landed somewhere in a nearby forest
Scientists believe the ultra-fast object landed in a densely-forested area near the capital, Oslo. It could take up to ten years to find.
Stars: Facts about stellar formation, history and classification
The hit-horror survival game is coming to next-gen.
We found a new type of stellar explosion that could explain a 13-billion-year-old mystery of the Milky Way’s elements
Until recently it was thought neutron star mergers were the only way heavy elements (heavier than zinc) could be produced.
8 ways life would get weird on a flat Earth
Earth is spherical, but what would happen if the Earth were flat? We explore some of the bizarre implications of a flat world which would make life as we know it virtually impossible.
New FAA rules change who qualifies for commercial astronaut wings
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has changed their qualifications for commercial astronaut wings, and Blue Origin's first flight crew might no longer be eligible. That, however, doesn't change whether or not they are astronauts.
In photos: Blue Origin's 1st New Shepard passenger launch with Jeff Bezos
Blue Origin made history on July 20, 2021 with the launch of its New Shepard rocket on its first crewed spaceflight.
Perseverance is About to Collect the First Sample on Mars That Could Eventually be Returned to Earth
On Feb. 18th, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed within the Jezero Crater on Mars. Like its predecessor, Curiosity, a fellow member of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program (MEP), the goal of Perseverance is to seek out evidence of possible life on Mars (past and present). A key part of this mission will be the first sample return ever performed on Mars, where samples obtained by Perseverance will be placed in a cache for later retrieval and return to Earth.
