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Zoe Williams speaks for many of us when she notes that the US space mission is pointless (Let’s…
With Artemis 2 Flying Home, NASA Is Already Teasing Artemis 3
NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is hurtling back to Earth, targeting a splashdown off the coast of San Diego,…
Artemis 2 astronaut poses for epic selfie photo of the day for April 9, 2026
Artemis 2 astronaut Christina Koch smiles with the zero-gravity indicator “Rise” in an Orion spacecraft selfie. (Image credit:…
Would you go to the moon? Board an alien spacecraft? What nearly 80 years of polls say about US attitudes on space
Americans’ opinion of space exploration is pretty high. In an Ipsos poll conducted last week just after the…
This founder helped build SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now he’s building a ‘fighter jet for orbit’
Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to…
‘We all pretty much broke down right there’: Inside the Artemis 2 astronauts’ emotional moment near the moon
Just after they broke a 56-year-old spaceflight record, the Artemis 2 astronauts shared a powerful moment that deepened…
Amazon’s Starlink competitor Leo gets a new date
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company’s space-internet service Leo (formerly known as Project Kuiper) will “launch in…
Trump’s race to the moon is about dominance over China, not discovery
On Friday, the crew of the Artemis II mission will splash down on Earth after its historic 10-day flyby…
The Brits Made A Rocket. What Happened To It?
Like many long-established broadcasters, the BBC put out a selection of their archive material for us all to…
Webb’s Picture of the Month Features Two Planet-Forming Disks and a Possible Planet
The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) picture of the month shows Tau 042021 (left) and Oph 163131 (right),…
Mosti: Tuesday night fireball over Sarawak suspected to be space debris
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Threads WhatsApp Telegram A screengrab from social media of a fireball-like object which is seen…
Swiss researchers test robot dog designed to speed up Moon and Mars exploration
Published on 09/04/2026 – 10:18 GMT+2 Swiss researchers are testing a semi-autonomous robot that could be used to…