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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective on Aug. 2, 2024.

Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Earth-imaging satellite

By Mike Wall published

Rocket Lab plans to launch a radar satellite for the Earth-observation company Synspective, and you can watch it live when the time comes.

Launches & Spacecraft
A spacesuited cosmonaut standing on a platform at the end of a robotic arm outside the International Space Station releases a bundle of trash into the blackness of space.

Russian cosmonauts install X-ray detector, jettison trash on spacewalk outside ISS

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner installed an X-ray detector and jettisoned trash during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

International Space Station
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will fly the Crew-9 astronaut mission stand on the pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. SpaceX posted this photo on X on Sept. 24, 2024.

SpaceX inks deal with Vast to launch 2 astronaut missions to the ISS

By Mike Wall published

California-based company Vast Space has booked two crewed flights to the ISS with SpaceX, though the missions still must be approved by NASA.

International Space Station
green gases in space look like a christmas tree.

NASA space telescopes give Christmas Tree Cluster a festive makeover (photos)

By Stefanie Waldek published

The James Webb Space Telescope used a galaxy as a cosmic magnifying glass to find transient objects in the "Christmas Tree" cluster, a Winter Wonderland of even more galaxies.

The Universe
Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.

International Space Station: Live updates

By Space.com Staff last updated

Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

International Space Station
2010: The Year We Make Contact

Looking back at '2010', the criminally-underrated sequel to '2001: A Space Odyssey'

By Richard Edwards published

Forty years ago, this lesser-known sequel attempted to explain the mysteries of one of sci-fi's greatest movies.

Space Movies & Shows
Superman and Lois Lane floating in the air.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the 1st fantastic trailer for James Gunn's 'Superman!'

By Jeff Spry published

Krypto saves the day in this heroic look at the Man of Steel's new reboot from the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Trilogy director

Entertainment
Still from the movie Superman (2025). Superman (man wearing a blue bodysuit with a giant red S on his chest and a red cape) walking through a crowd of angry people.

Everything we know about James Gunn's 'Superman'

By Fran Ruiz last updated

James Gunn's Superman reboot kicks off the DC Extended Universe's refresh in 2025.

Space Movies & Shows
a trippy blue and gold sphere with a middle section wrapped vertically in grey.

BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury, sees volcanic plain and impact craters

By Kiona N. Smith published

The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured the 1st mid-infrared portrait of Mercury.

Mercury
a gold-foiled fixed-leg lander probe stands on a grey semi rocky surface beneath a black sky.

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.

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