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NASA leadership shakeup continues as agency settles into Trump's 2nd term
By Mike Wall Published
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The 1st Australian rocket to launch from Australian soil could reach orbit next month
By Andrew Jones Published
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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
By Keith Cooper Published
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On this day in space! Feb. 26, 1966: 1st launch of Saturn 1B rocket
By Hanneke Weitering Last updated
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Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch: Live updates
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Space calendar 2025: Rocket launches, skywatching events, missions & more!
By Space.com Last updated
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Human spaceflight
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Paralympian John McFall could become 1st astronaut with a disability on ISS
By Josh Dinner Published
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NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free announces retirement after 30-year career at the space agency
By Josh Dinner Published
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Musk and Trump repeat false 'stranded' Starliner astronauts narrative, but they are not stranded
By Josh Dinner Last updated
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The next giant leap? How jumping could help astronauts train for trips to the moon and Mars
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Astronauts on the ISS experience vision changes — should Mars travelers be worried?
By Victoria Corless Published
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Blue Origin mimics moon gravity on 1st-of-its-kind New Shepard research rocket launch (video)
By Mike Wall Published
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Blue Origin to launch New Shepard moon-gravity mission on Feb. 4 after glitch
By Mike Wall Published
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Astronaut's mission 'back to Earth' lands on colorful spacesuit patch
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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'SALLY' premieres at Sundance with Sally Ride's family, astronaut in audience
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Launches & Spacecraft
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The 1st Australian rocket to launch from Australian soil could reach orbit next month
By Andrew Jones Published
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Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch: Live updates
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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SpaceX says its Falcon 9 rocket debris crash over Europe was caused by propellant leak
By Julian Dossett Published
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Private Blue Ghost moon lander captures amazing footage of Earth behind and lunar surface below (video)
By Andrew Jones Published
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SpaceX launches 22 Starlink internet satellites from California
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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US Space Force reveals 1st look at secretive X-37B space plane in orbit (photo)
By Brett Tingley Published
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 450th Falcon rocket (video)
By Josh Dinner Published
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket debris creates dramatic fireball over Europe, crashes in Poland (video)
By Julian Dossett Published
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Missions
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NASA leadership shakeup continues as agency settles into Trump's 2nd term
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
By Keith Cooper Published
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On this day in space! Feb. 26, 1966: 1st launch of Saturn 1B rocket
By Hanneke Weitering Last updated
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2 NASA missions will carpool on a SpaceX rocket this Friday to help map the cosmos
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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NASA tells employees to ignore Trump administration's 'What did you do last week?' email
By Andrew Jones Published
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NASA picks SpaceX rocket to launch asteroid threat hunter NEO Surveyor in 2027
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA installs 'bulletproof' sunshade on powerful Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (photos)
By Victoria Corless Published
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NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching this week. Here's why it's a big deal
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch
By Tariq Malik Published
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Private spaceflight
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SpaceX rolls huge Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of Starship Flight 8 launch (photos)
By Mike Wall Published
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Blue Origin launches 'Perfect 10' space tourists on New Shepard rocket (video)
By Mike Wall Last updated
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Explosion of Starship Flight 7 traced to fires in rocket's 'attic,' SpaceX says
By Mike Wall Published
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SpaceX targeting Feb. 28 for next launch of Starship megarocket
By Mike Wall Published
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin targeting Feb. 25 for 10th space tourism launch
By Mike Wall Published
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin unveils crew for 10th space tourism launch
By Mike Wall Published
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin laying off 1,000 employees: reports
By Mike Wall Published
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Vast Space now aims for 2026 launch of Haven-1 space station after key milestone (photos)
By Josh Dinner Published
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SpaceX and Vast want ideas for science experiments on Dragon spacecraft and Haven-1 space station
By Josh Dinner Published
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Satellites
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Croatia's 1st satellite captures its first views of home (photo)
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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SpaceX to launch water-hunting moon probe 'Lunar Trailblazer' on Feb. 26
By Leonard David Published
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Starlink satellite train: how to see and track it in the night sky
By Daisy Dobrijevic Last updated
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Starlink satellites: Facts, tracking and impact on astronomy
By Tereza Pultarova Last updated
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Earth-observing company Planet signs $230 million deal for fleet of new Pelican satellites
By Mike Wall Published
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SMILE! Europe and China move toward 2026 launch of space weather mission
By Andrew Jones Published
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Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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How a leap year mistake knocked out a OneWeb satellite for 2 days
By Julian Dossett Published
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Search for Life
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What's that smell? Astronomers discover a stinky new clue in the search for alien life
By Paul Sutter Published
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Boost for alien hunters? Earth life may not be so improbable, study suggests
By Keith Cooper Published
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Life as we don't know it: Some aliens may need sulfuric acid like we need water
By Kiona N. Smith Published
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I want to believe — but yet another massive search for alien technosignatures just turned up nothing
By Paul Sutter Published
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25 biggest space conspiracy theories: Debunked
By Ailsa Harvey Published
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NASA wants a 'Super-Hubble' space telescope to search for life on alien worlds
By Tariq Malik Published
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What if life on Venus is just life from Earth?
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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Newly uncovered oxygen reaction could aid the search for alien life
By Victoria Corless Published
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We finally know where to look for life on Mars
By Paul Sutter Published
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Tech
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Swimming robots, fusion satellites and more! New NASA-funded studies could someday 'change the possible'
By Andrew Jones Published
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30 years after warp drives were proposed, we still can't make the math work
By Paul Sutter Published
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3D-printed 'hydrogels' could be future space radiation shields for astronaut trips to Mars
By Julian Dossett Published
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Astronomers realize mysterious TV signal in their data bounced off an airplane
By Keith Cooper Published
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'Sailing' satellites of the future could provide early warning of dangerous space weather
By Meredith Garofalo Published
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The force is strong with this JEDI
By Meredith Garofalo Published
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)
By Mike Wall Published
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AI can now replicate itself — a milestone that has experts terrified
By Owen Hughes Published
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World's fastest supercomputer 'El Capitan' goes online — it will be used to secure the US nuclear stockpile and in other classified research
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
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More about Space Exploration
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Reference
Space calendar 2025: Rocket launches, skywatching events, missions & more!
By Space.com Last updated
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2 NASA missions will carpool on a SpaceX rocket this Friday to help map the cosmos
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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Intuitive Machines to shoot for the moon with daring lunar lander launch for NASA on Feb. 26. How to watch live
By Josh Dinner Published
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