SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday evening, carrying nearly two dozen Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from the east coast of Florida. The launch took place at 10:09 p.m. ET from Pad 40 at the famed Cape Canaveral…
Representatives from SPHEREx, NASA’s spectrophotometer designed to study the history of the universe, the epoch of reionization and ice exploration, recently visited the New York Stock Exchange to ring the closing bell. Several members of the SPHEREx team, including flight…
China has allowed six countries, including the United States, to study moon rocks leased from its Chang’e-5 lunar mission in 2020. Shan Zhongde of the China National Space Administration told local media that the moon rocks were “a common asset…
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Thursday evening, carrying 28 more V2 Starlink mini-satellites into low Earth orbit as part of its mission to expand its growing network of internet satellites. It was SpaceX’s 475th Falcon…
SpaceX plans to launch more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit Thursday evening from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 6-74 mission will launch 28 additional Starlink V2 Mini satellites using a Falcon 9 rocket, as is…
China launched a three-member crew into orbit on Thursday to begin a six-month mission aboard the Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province at 5:17 a.m. ET with three crew…
On Tuesday morning, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station, delivering essential supplies and equipment for scientific research. The Dragon spacecraft launched at 4:15 a.m. ET Monday and docked at the zenith port of the ISS’s…
SpaceX launched its Bandwagon-3 mission Monday evening from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying additional satellites and a return capsule that will be the first for Europe. The Bandwagon-3 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 8:48…
The main object of the final astronomical event of April will be the crescent moon, which will join Venus, Saturn and Mercury in the eastern sky on Friday morning. All four celestial bodies will be visible to the naked eye,…
NASA launched another cargo ship to the International Space Station early Monday morning. At 4:15 a.m. ET, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.…
SpaceX launched its third fleet of spy satellites in eight days on Sunday, marking its 10th mission this year in support of the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. agency that oversees satellite intelligence. A fleet of Starshield satellites, co-developed by…
Twenty-one bipedal robots took to the streets in China on Saturday to compete in the first humanoid half marathon of its kind, but technical glitches left them far behind. A video posted by the BBC shows several robots greeting spectators…