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A black Firefly Aerospace rocket launches into space on Dec. 22, 2023

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launching for 6th time ever soon: Watch it live

By Mike Wall published

Firefly Aerospace plans to launch its Alpha rocket for the sixth time ever soon, and you can watch the action live.

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SpaceX's Crew-10 astronaut mission for NASA launches toward the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025.

SpaceX launches relief crew for NASA's beleaguered Starliner astronauts on ISS (video)

By Josh Dinner published

SpaceX launched the Crew-10 mission to the ISS today (March 14) to relieve the 'stuck' Starliner astronauts and two other crewmembers aboard the orbiting lab.

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'Poppy seeds' and 'leopard spots' on Mars could hint at ancient microbial life

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

A rock on Mars that may hold clues about ancient microbial life on the Red Planet continues to puzzle scientists.

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a time lapse of a total lunar eclipse is captured above a launch pad and a rocket waiting to lift off.

Space photo of the day: Total lunar eclipse crosses the sky above SpaceX's Crew-10 spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A SpaceX photographer caught this time-lapse image of the March 13-14, 2025 total lunar eclipse from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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a white and black rocket launching from a seaside pad

Watch a SpaceX rocket launch Crew-10 relief mission tonight for NASA astronauts on ISS after delay (video)

By Josh Dinner last updated

SpaceX plans to launch the Crew-10 mission to relieve the current astronauts aboard the ISS on Friday (March 14), and you can watch the action live.

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China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts experiment with the AI robot Xiao Hang aboard the Tiangong space station in March 2025.

Tiangong astronauts experiment with AI robot and more to kick off busy year for Chinese human spaceflight (video)

By Andrew Jones published

China is planning to send two new crews to its Tiangong space station in another busy year of human spaceflight.

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A Rocket Lab Electron vehicle launches an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company iQPS from New Zealand on March 14, 2025.

Rocket Lab launches private radar imaging satellite to orbit (video)

By Mike Wall published

Rocket Lab successfully launched a private radar imaging satellite to orbit tonight (March 14).

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This collage of images from the Flame Nebula shows a near-infrared light view from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on the left, while the two insets at the right show the near-infrared view taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope investigates the origins of 'failed stars' in the Flame Nebula

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope is investigating the Flame Nebula, hunting for "failed stars" to better understand how brown dwarfs form and evolve.

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This astronomer found a sneaky extra star in James Webb Space Telescope data

By Monisha Ravisetti published

While unraveling the mystery of why some planet-forming disks fall onto their stars, an astronomer stumbled upon a surprise: a hidden star.

James Webb Space Telescope
Relativity Space's Terran 1 rocket successfully blasted off for its test flight but malfunctioned three minutes after liftoff.

Former Google chief Eric Schmidt takes the reins at rocket startup Relativity Space

By Mike Wall published

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has assumed the top job at the startup Relativity Space, which aims to compete with SpaceX and other big launch companies.

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