Astronaut’s first photo of 2025 is a real stunner
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has started 2025 as he means to go on, with a stunning Earth photo that he described as a “New Year’s light show.” Pettit captured the…
Relive the most beautiful rocket launch of 2024
While SpaceX’s Starship megarocket tends to get all the attention these days, the spaceflight company’s trusty Falcon 9 rocket quietly continued its work throughout 2024, performing a record 135 launches…
January features two major rocket launches to look out for
Last year was a busy one for space missions, and 2025 looks set to be no different. The continued development of new rockets will feature heavily over the next 12…
With 16 sunrises a day, when does it become 2025 on the space station?
Life on the International Space Station (ISS) is anything but ordinary. The microgravity conditions mean you spend most of your time floating around the place, and the views from the…
NASA’s skywatching tips for January include a parade of planets
What’s Up: January 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA has just shared its recommendations on what to look out for in the night sky during the first month of 2025.…
Relive SpaceX’s most spectacular moment of 2024
SpaceX has had a busy and memorable year, conducting more Falcon 9 missions than ever and making tangible progress with the development of its next-generations Starship vehicle, the most powerful…
NASA’s exciting 2024 began with a crash that ended a historic mission
NASA had a busy 2024, overseeing space station operations, monitoring a slew of ongoing missions, preparing for upcoming Artemis lunar flights, and much more besides. It also began the year…
It survived! NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just phoned home
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has phoned home, providing the eagerly anticipated confirmation that it managed to survive its close pass of the sun earlier this week. “Following its record-breaking closest…
This astronaut took an astonishing number of photos during his 2024 mission
If Matthew Dominick ever offers to show you his travel photos, just confirm with him first that he’s edited them down from the half a million pictures that he took…
When will we know if NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived ‘touching’ the sun?
On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe attempted to “touch” the sun and emerge unscathed. The closest approach ever made by a human-made object to our nearest star saw the…