More than 5,000 pounds of cargo were delivered to the International Space Station following the successful arrival of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on Monday. The Dragon cargo vehicle, identified as C211, docked with the ISS's Harmony module at 7:05 a.m.…
SpaceX has postponed the 10th test launch of its Starship super-heavy rocket, scheduled for Sunday, after technical difficulties were discovered. Flight 10 was scheduled to lift off at approximately 6:30 p.m. from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. It would have…
SpaceX launched an experimental space plane for the U.S. Space Force from Florida on Thursday evening. A Falcon 9 rocket launched the U.S. Space Force's X-37B spaceplane from Kennedy Space Center at 11:50 p.m. ET. “Take off!” SpaceX shouted on…
Wikimedia Commons The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in West Virginia and Maryland and quickly spread across the country. By 1877, American railroad workers had long suffered from low wages and harsh working conditions. The announcement of new pay…
Asteroid 2025 QV5 was first spotted on August 24. It will reach its closest approach on September 3 and will not be this close to us for exactly 100 years. (Image credit: Juan Gartner via Getty Images) A bus-sized asteroid,…
Asteroid 2025 QV5 was discovered on August 24. It will make its closest approach to Earth on September 3, and the next such event won't happen for another century. (Image: Juan Gartner via Getty Images) A space object the size…