This facility could replace the International Space Station
Vast Space has unveiled its proposed design for a facility that it says can replace the International Space Station (ISS), which will be decommissioned in 2031 after more than three…
SpaceX shares spectacular close-up footage of Starship launch and landing
SpaceX has shared footage, which you can watch below, showing a spectacular close-up view of the Starship’s launch and landing on Sunday. The mission involved the fifth test flight of…
Comet last seen in the Stone Age makes appearance over Earth
This month sees a very special visitor to the skies over Earth: a comet that only passes by once every 80,000 years. The last time this comet passed Earth, Neanderthals…
SpaceX shares dramatic images of Sunday’s historic Starship mission
SpaceX has shared some dramatic close-up pictures of the 70-meter-tall Super Heavy booster at the start and finish of its historic test flight on Sunday, after which the rocket was…
SpaceX just caught a huge rocket booster for the first time. Now what?
It was an astonishing spectacle. A 70-meter-tall SpaceX rocket performing a controlled descent toward a tiny target where two giant mechanical arms were waiting to clasp it just meters above…
SpaceX captures Starship booster for the first time in historic test
SpaceX has scripted history with the fifth test of its massive Starship rocket system. The giant rocket launched from the Starbase site in South Texas earlier today, and following a…
NASA’s Crew-8 astronauts will stay in orbit a little longer
NASA and SpaceX’s four Crew-8 astronauts will be staying in their temporary home on the International Space Station (ISS) for a little while longer, as their departure has been delayed…
How to watch SpaceX’s fifth Starship test flight on Sunday
SpaceX is getting ready to launch its mighty Starship on its fifth test flight, scheduled for Sunday, October 13. With a mostly-successful fourth test flight behind it, the Starship has…
How to watch the Europa Clipper mission launch on Monday
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, set to visit the icy moon of Jupiter, was set to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week but had its launch delayed…
How to watch Crew-8 depart the space station on Sunday
NASA and SpaceX are preparing to bring home three American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station (ISS). On Sunday, NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette…