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SpaceX will launch Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander to the moon in mid-January with these 10 NASA payloads
By Josh Dinner published
NASA and SpaceX are targeting mid-January for the launch of Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the lunar surface.
Watch Russian cosmonauts install new X-ray detector during ISS spacewalk today (video)
By Brett Tingley published
Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner will perform a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk on Dec. 19 to install new equipment outside the ISS. Watch it live here, courtesy of NASA.
On this day in space! Dec. 19, 1961: France creates a space agency
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Dec. 19, 1961, France's space agency was born!
International Space Station: Live updates
By Space.com Staff last updated
Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.
Private Japanese rocket explodes after liftoff in its 2nd launch failure of 2024 (photos)
By Brett Tingley published
Japanese startup Space One lost its second Kairos 2 rocket shortly after liftoff due to an unknown failure.
China launches 1st set of spacecraft for planned 13,000-satellite broadband constellation (photo)
By Mike Wall published
A Long March 5B rocket launched 10 big broadband satellites to orbit on Dec. 16, beginning the assembly of China's Guowang ("national network") megaconstellation.
Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)
By Mike Wall published
Two Chinese astronauts spent more than nine hours outside the nation's Tiangong space station on Dec. 16 and Dec. 17, beating the old EVA duration record by 10 minutes.
Boeing Starliner astronauts will return to Earth in March 2025 after new NASA, SpaceX delay
By Josh Dinner published
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will stay in space an extra month, until March 2025, giving SpaceX more time to complete a new Crew Dragon capsule.
SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 test flight gets FAA launch license. But when will it fly?
By Tariq Malik published
The FAA issued a launch license for SpaceX's upcoming Starship Flight 7, clearing the way for the company's next launch of the world's largest rocket from South Texas.
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