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SpaceShipOne: The first private spacecraft

By Tim Sharp last updated

SpaceShipOne was a major turning point for private spaceflight.

Launches & Spacecraft
DJI Mini 3 on an orange planet background with a Space Black Friday badge.

The beginner-friendly DJI Mini 3 drone is $90 off this Black Friday

By Kimberley Snaith published

Deals In this Black Friday drone deal, the DJI Mini 3 is $90 off and we rate it as the best beginner drone out there.

Deals
Photo of a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launching the NS-20 space tourist mission in March 2022.

Watch Blue Origin launch 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli, 5 others on tourism flight today

By Josh Dinner last updated

Blue Origin's next space tourism mission is launching Nov. 22, with 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli. Watch live on Space.com.

Private Spaceflight
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off with the NS-28 crew, including the 100th women to fly into space, from the company's West Texas launch site on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.

Blue Origin crew, including history's 100th woman to fly to space, lands safely (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

"The Space Gal" has become the 100th woman to fly into space. Emily Calandrelli lifted off as one of the six passengers aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket today (Nov. 22).

Launches & Spacecraft
a smiling older man in a blue jacket stands next to a blue flight suit inside an air and space museum

Flight suit worn on 1st all-private astronaut mission to ISS debuts on display

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

When Michael Lopez-Alegria commanded the first privately funded crewed mission to visit the International Space Station, he traded his NASA "blues" for a "Deep Space" and "Mesosphere" flight suit.

Private Spaceflight
Photo of a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launching the NS-20 space tourist mission in March 2022.

Blue Origin space tourist launches: Live mission updates

By Elizabeth Howell last updated

Blue Origin's next space tourist mission hasn't yet been announced yet. Here are live updates of what we know.

Human Spaceflight

NASA begins stacking SLS rocket for Artemis 2 moon mission (photos)

By Elizabeth Howell published

The solid rocket boosters are coming together.

Artemis
illustration of two moon rovers and a large white spacecraft on the lunar surface

SpaceX's Starship will fly Lunar Outpost's rover to the moon

By Mike Wall published

Lunar Outpost has picked SpaceX's Starship vehicle to launch its new moon rover and land the wheeled vehicle on the moon.

Moon Rovers
The space shuttle Discovery launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin a classified STS-33 mission for the U.S. military on Nov. 22, 1989

On this day in space! Nov. 22, 1989: Space Shuttle Discovery launches classified military satellite on STS-33

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On Nov. 22, 1989, the space shuttle Discovery launched on a classified mission: STS-33.

Space Shuttle
A blue green and white sphere next to a irregular grey object and a light grey sphere.

Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving

By Robert Lea published

The asteroid 2024 PT5 will leave Earth on Nov. 25 after visiting, but new analysis shows this temporary "second moon" may come from our original moon and, thus, from Earth itself.

Asteroid & Comet Missions
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