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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
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-167 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 24, 2024.

SpaceX launching 30 satellites on Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission early Dec. 21

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX plans to launch 30 satellites on a rideshare mission called Bandwagon-2 early Saturday morning (Dec. 21).

Launches & Spacecraft
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
Two tall evergreens covered in show and red ornaments stand in a snow field with a smaller ornamented tree to the left, and a snowy forest in the background.

Dreaming of a white Christmas? Snow is likely in these US states according to NOAA climate data

By Meredith Garofalo published

According to climate data from NOAA, you might not have to only dream about having a white Christmas this year in some parts of the United States.

Earth
The four Astranis "MicroGEO" satellites that are scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Dec. 20, 2024.

SpaceX launching 4 'MicroGEO' satellites to orbit tonight

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX plans to launch four of Astranis' "MicroGEO" communications satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast tonight (Dec. 20).

Launches & Spacecraft
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
a cone-shaped capsule with its outer skin removed, revealing a maze of wires and electronic components

Watch NASA's Artemis Orion moon spacecraft blow its top during testing (video)

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA's Orion spacecraft recently completed an 11-month test campaign, during which it was subjected to extreme conditions of a launch abort scenario and electromagnetic effects of lightning strikes.

Artemis
Three Lego sets on a purple background

12 Lego deals not to be missed this holiday season

By Kimberley Snaith last updated

Grab some last-minute Christmas gifts with these 12 unmissable Lego deals we've found around the web.

Entertainment
a brown rocky surface seen from high above

NASA Mars probe spies dusty, retired Insight lander from orbit (photo)

By Victoria Corless published

Photos of the dormant InSight lander captured from Mars orbit are providing researchers new data on how dust accumulates and evolves over time on the Red Planet.

Mars
A Rocket Lab Electron booster frosting over during fueling for "Owl The Way Up" mission

Rocket Lab scrubs Strix radar satellite launch for Synspective over 'sensor data'

By Tariq Malik published

A new exact launch date for the Strix satellite launch by Rocket Lab has yet to be announced.

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