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A silver stainless-steel SpaceX Starship is assembled for launch on the pad for Flight 7.

SpaceX assembles the world's largest rocket for Starship Flight 7 test launch (photos)

By Tariq Malik published

SpaceX just stacked its Starship megarocket to prepare for the vehicle's seventh test flight, which is scheduled for Jan. 13.

Launches & Spacecraft
a handful of white and tan buildings, one with a large blue nasa logo, sit in the foothills of mountains.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab still 'untouched' by raging LA fires

By Mike Wall published

The powerful Eaton fire has not reached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, NASA's lead center for robotic planetary exploration.

Space Exploration

Endeavour: NASA's youngest space shuttle

By Tariq Malik last updated

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three people hold up a blue and yellow flag on the deck of a ship at sea

Space2Sea Antarctica: 2 Ukrainian soldiers fulfill 1st part of Antarctic dream

By Gabe Castro-Root published

Visiting Antarctica — and, in particular, Ukraine's Vernadsky Research Base on the continent's peninsula — was a lifelong dream for two Ukrainian soldiers.

Space Exploration
Three small cubesats, including the wooden LignoSat, deploy from the International Space Station. NASA posted this photo via X on Dec. 13, 2024.

World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)

By Tereza Pultarova published

LignoSat's six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.

Satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida on Jan. 10, 2025. It was the 25th liftoff for the rocket’s first stage, a new record for the company.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites on record-breaking 25th flight (video, photos)

By Mike Wall last updated

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 Starlink satellites from Florida today (Jan. 10). It was the 25th mission for the rocket's first stage, a new record.

Launches & Spacecraft
Graphic illustration with 'space calendar' in large blue neon letters and 2023 below it in smaller white letters. Below the title are four neon images depicting a meteor or comet, a telescope, a rocket launch and an astronaut's helmet. There is a starry background to the entire image.

Space calendar 2025: Rocket launches, skywatching events, missions & more!

By Space.com last updated

Reference Keep up with all the rocket launches, astronomical events and mission milestones for 2024 with our space calendar.

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a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
Chief of Space Operations U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman and distinguished guests stand in front of a radar dome belonging to the 23rd Space Operations Squadron Detachment 1 at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland on April 5, 2023. Det. 1's mission is to provide telemetry, tracking and commanding operations to the U.S. and allied government satellite programs.

What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland?

By Julian Dossett published

The United States' northernmost military installation is critical for national security, Space Force officials say.

Missions

How a leap year mistake knocked out a OneWeb satellite for 2 days

By Julian Dossett published

February 29, 2024 caused quite a stir for a giant satellite provider.

Satellites
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