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SpaceX will launch a batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites on Sunday (Aug. 10). It will be the 100th liftoff of the year already for Elon Musk's company.

On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission.

In a Q&A interview, author and science writer David Baron discusses the turn-of-the-century Mars craze, which he covers in his new book, "The Martians."

A four-legged robot tested under simulated Martian gravity jumps from wall to wall, demonstrating how future missions could navigate terrain too challenging for today's rovers.

SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts will return to Earth today (Aug. 9) after living on the International Space Station for nearly five months, and you can watch the action live.

The four members on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission are Earth-bound after bidding farewell to their Expedition 73 crewmates and departing the International Space Station.

For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plumes, but the view was only two-dimensional

SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts left the International Space Station on Friday afternoon (Aug. 8) ahead of a planned splashdown on Saturday (Aug. 9).

Astronomers spot a rare stellar bridge in Abell 3667, revealing an aggressive galaxy merger and new clues about dark matter.

NASA astronaut Jim Lovell — a veteran of four spaceflights, including Apollo 8 and the near-disastrous Apollo 13 — passed away on Aug. 7, 2025 at the age of 97.