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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches a radar satellite for the Earth-observation company Synspective to orbit on Dec. 21, 2024.

Rocket Lab launches private Earth-imaging satellite to orbit on its final flight of 2024 (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

Rocket Lab launched a radar satellite for the Earth-observation company Synspective to orbit today (Dec. 21) on its final mission of the year.

Launches & Spacecraft
A drone is seen over Ridge, New York, on the evening of Dec. 12, 2024.

Planes, drones or UFOs: What are people seeing in the New Jersey sky?

By Leonard David published

Recent sightings of unidentified aircraft in New Jersey and other states have triggered another round of unanswered questions — and fueled conspiracy theories.

Search for Life
a saturn v rocket lifts off into the blue sky as seen from a distance

On this day in space! Dec. 21, 1968: Apollo 8 launches to the moon

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA's Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon.

Space Shuttle
a black and white rocket launches into the night sky, the thrust from its engines casting light on the launch pad.

SpaceX launches 30 satellites on Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 30 payloads as part of the Bandwagon-2 mission launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.

Launches & Spacecraft
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques testing the Astroskin health-monitoring undershirt on the International Space Station.

Astronauts on NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station will wear smart undershirts to stay healthy

By Tereza Pultarova published

Smart undershirts and AI algorithms will keep astronauts healthy on NASA's planned Gateway moon-orbiting space station.

Artemis
a black and white rocket ignites its engines on the launch pad at night, just as an abort is called.

Abort! SpaceX calls off launch of 'MicroGEO' satellites at last second (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignites each its engines just as an abort is called at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2024.

Launches & Spacecraft
A SpaceX Starship spacecraft on a test stand with the setting sun for Flight 7

SpaceX Starship launches: Flight 7 mission updates

By Tariq Malik last updated

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Starship megarocket test flights, launches, photos and more.

Launches & Spacecraft
Graphic showing the the artemis accords logo above white text reading "the artemis accords", the surface of the moon is seen in the lower portion of the image and a distant Mars peeks out from the surface of the moon.

Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?

By Robert Lea last updated

Reference As the Artemis program aims to return humanity to the moon and beyond, the Artemis Accords lay out a framework for nations collaborating in this effort.

Reference
dozens of people in red and orange thermal coats stand on ice around a large black cruise ship

Space2Sea Antarctica: A student journalist's expedition to bottom of the world begins

By Gabe Castro-Root published

Missions
Artist's rendering of Axiom Space's fully assembled Axiom Station in low Earth orbit.

Axiom's private space station is coming sooner than we thought

By Julian Dossett published

Axiom Space has decided to change up the method for assembling its commercial space station, meaning the outpost could be free-flying as soon as 2028.

Private Spaceflight
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