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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 2 satellites on record-tying 20th flight (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two Maxar Earth-observation satellites today (May 2). It was the record-tying 20th mission for this rocket's first stage.
Watch live: China launching Chang'e 6 mission to far side of the moon early May 3 (video)
By Brett Tingley published
China's Chang'e 6 sample return mission to the moon's far side is scheduled to launch early Friday morning (May 3), and you can watch the action live.
Watch ULA assemble Atlas V rocket ahead of Boeing Starliner astronaut test flight (video)
By Josh Dinner published
United Launch Alliance's new video highlight's how the Atlas V launch vehicle for Boeing's Starliner was stacked and mated to the spacecraft.
NASA's Hubble Telescope is back in action — but its TESS exoplanet hunter may now be in trouble
By Robert Lea published
Both the Hubble Telescope and TESS exoplanet hunter went into safe mode on April 23. Hubble is back on, but TESS remains off.
NASA selects Rocket Lab for back-to-back climate change research launches
By Meredith Garofalo published
NASA's PREFIRE mission will deploy a pair of satellites from twin launches aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rockets that will contribute to climate change studies in the Arctic and Antarctica.
Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates
By Elizabeth Howell, Tariq Malik last updated
Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA as early as May 6, 2024
SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites tonight in 2nd half of spaceflight doubleheader
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX is scheduled to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (May 2), on the second half of a planned spaceflight doubleheader.
Some planets 'death spiral' into their stars and scientists may now know why
By Robert Lea published
WASP-12b is a planet on a date with a fiery destiny, doomed to plunge into its sun-like star. Scientists may finally know why some hot Jupiters eventually death spiral into their stars.
NASA inspector general finds Orion heat shield issues 'pose significant risks' to Artemis 2 crew safety
By Brett Tingley published
NASA's inspector general writes that the Artemis 1 test flight of the Orion spacecraft revealed anomalies that "pose significant risks to the safety of the crew."
Restored Atlas rocket erected on display as Mercury astronaut's ride to orbit
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Sixty-one years after it stood ready to send NASA's last one-man mission into orbit, the Mercury-Atlas 9 rocket is standing again. A replica is on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force.
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