SpaceX on Monday suspended the eighth test flight of its largest and most powerful rocket. After a brief pause 40 seconds before the scheduled liftoff, the Starship mission was postponed. The fuel was then removed from the booster and spacecraft.…
On Sunday evening, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites from the Florida coast. The launch took place on schedule at 9:24 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, although backup options were available until 12:21…
A Texas-based space company has successfully completed its first commercial lunar landing: Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost landed on the lunar surface and began its mission on Sunday. “You're all stuck landing. We're on the moon,” Blue Ghost chief engineer Will…
To view the partial solar eclipse that will occur in North America on March 29, it is essential to use protective eyewear. (Image credit: Getty Images) On March 2
The constellation Leo includes one of the three stars of the Vernal Triangle, an asterism that occurs over several months beginning with the spring equinox. (Image credit: manpuku7 via Getty Images) Spring is coming to the Northern Hemisphere, but how…
Mount Spurr as seen during an AVO flyby on March 11. The summit crater is located at lower center, and the peak of the crater is at center left. (Image credit: USGS AVO) A massive volcano in Alaska appears to…