SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from Florida today

SpaceX plans to launch 24 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast today (Nov. 10). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift…

Hubble captures barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the spiral galaxy NGC 1672 with a supernova. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, O. Fox, L. Jenkins, S. Van Dyk, A. Filippenko, J. Lee…

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 136 — SpaceX Ascendant

SpaceX Ascendant – Can Anyone Compete? – YouTube Watch On On Episode 136 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with journalist and author Eric Berger…

NASA astronauts won’t say which one of them got sick after almost eight months in space

The SpaceX crew of the Dragon spacecraft, from left, cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, pilot Michael Barratt, commander Matthew Dominick and mission specialist Jeanette Epps gather for a photo after arriving at…

China planning to build its own version of SpaceX’s Starship

SpaceX continues to be a font of inspiration for Chinese aerospace engineers. At least one Chinese company is already working to create its own version of SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9,…

Powerful new US-Indian satellite will track Earth’s changing surface

The NISAR mission will help researchers get a better understanding of how Earth’s surface changes over time, including in the lead-up to volcanic eruptions like the one pictured, at Mount…

Astronaut captures photo of Earth from the International Space Station

Credit: NASA/Don Pettit Earth’s city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo taken by NASA astronaut Don Pettit on Oct. 24, 2024. The green glow of Earth’s atmosphere is also…

Moon RACER: Intuitive Machines takes lunar rover out for debut drive

HOUSTON — Intuitive Machines’ lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) is not your grandfather’s moon buggy (assuming your grandfather was an Apollo astronaut). The company’s Moon RACER, or Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration…

Examining how stellar threats impact the habitable zone of exoplanets

SpaceX targeting Nov. 18 for next Starship megarocket launch

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will fly for the sixth time ever less than two weeks from now, if all goes according to plan. Elon Musk’s company announced today (Nov. 6) that…