Space

SpaceX’s 10th flight test of a Starship-Super Heavy launch system remained on hold Aug. 25 following a scrub due to lightning concerns at the company’s Boca Chica Beach, Texas, spaceport.

York Space Systems has delivered 21 satellites ahead of the first launch of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

NASA's 33rd SpaceX-contracted Cargo Dragon resupply mission successfully docked to the U.S. segment of the International Space Station early Aug. 25.

SpaceX canceled plans for a flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy launch system Aug. 24 to troubleshoot a potential problem with ground systems.

After 25 travel plan changes, the Escapade spacecraft are being prepared for a fall liftoff.

SpaceX on Aug. 24 launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral SFS carrying a propellant-heavy Dragon cargo ship to resupply and reboost the International Space Station's (ISS) orbit.

SpaceX is expected to add a U.S. capability to boost the orbit of the International Space Station during its latest cargo mission.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has issued two study contracts this month related to its Rocket Cargo vision to speedily transport equipment around the globe using commercial launch vehicles.

NASA and IBM have released an open-source artificial intelligence model for predicting solar weather that may harm satellites, space stations or astronauts.

Japan plans the first flight of the most powerful version of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3 launcher as early as Oct. 21.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched at 11:50 p.m. EDT Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane under the USSF-36 mission.

NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On L1 mission is poised to initiate continuous in-space monitoring of the Sun for the first time following its launch next month.

Russia has launched the Bion-M No. 2 biological research mission to test radiation effects on living species when in polar orbit.

Tom Hanks relays a memorable night flight with Lovell during preparations to bring the Apollo 13 story to film.

Without intervention, NASA predicts Swift will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in late 2026.

The giant gas planet Uranus, located more than 19 times farther away from the Sun than Earth, has a previously unknown moon, bringing its orbital entourage to 29.

Astrobotic has reached a milestone under an agreement with NASA to deploy 500 m of ultralight cable across the lunar surface.

X721, a Dubai-based startup created by former Airbus and Arianespace engineers, is developing a high-altitude platform station relying on a tethered rotor.

The British government is folding the independent UK Space Agency into the department overseeing science and technology.

U.S. launch diversity returns with the United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket’s first Space Force flight.

The U.S. military recently used its new Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) to successfully demo some of the key elements of the modernized anti-jam waveform.

The Falcon 9 launch of CRS-33 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is targeted for Aug. 24 at 2:45 a.m. EDT, carrying 5,000 lb. of supplies, equipment and research.

SpinLaunch is continuing its pivot in pursuit of becoming a low-Earth-orbit, satellite-based broadband provider.

Magnetic forces and electrolysis could be employed in space to generate oxygen for astronauts on deep space missions, researchers say.

The largest antenna reflector ever assigned to a NASA mission has been successfully deployed, the agency says.