This startup will send 1,000 people’s ashes to space — affordably — in 2027
Ryan Mitchell, the founder of a startup called Space Beyond, remembers looking at the night sky while camping…
Bezos’s Next Rocket Launch Might Be the Most Crucial Yet for Blue Origin
Blue Origin is gearing up for the third flight of its New Glenn rocket, launching AST SpaceMobile’s Blue…
Russia Delays Launch of First Batch of Starlink Rival Satellites
Russia has postponed the launch of the first batch of low-orbit broadband internet satellites under a project meant…
Rocket Lab’s new Neutron rocket suffers fuel tank rupture during test
It will be quite a bit longer before Neutron makes it to the launchpad. Rocket Lab’s medium-lift launch…
Rocket Report: Chinese rockets fail twice in 12 hours; Rocket Lab reports setback
Welcome to Edition 8.26 of the Rocket Report! The past week has been one of advancements and setbacks…
NASA’s Most Underrated Mission Brought Back Pieces of the Early Solar System
In 2006, NASA’s Stardust mission accomplished something no other spacecraft had done before: it returned solid material from…
An ocean the size of the Arctic once covered half of Mars, new images hint
New evidence of ancient rivers suggests Mars may have been a “blue planet,” thanks to an ocean spanning…
NASA’s Day of Remembrance 2026
The Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial is seen during a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA’s Day…
Another 25 Satellites? Here’s What SpaceX Just Did While You Were Sleeping
SpaceX kicked off its ninth mission of 2026 with a successful launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base,…
Astronomers Spot a Mysterious Metallic Cloud Orbiting Something Even More Mysterious
A team of researchers investigating a star’s dramatic dimming uncovered a cloud of dust and gas about 120…
Something Massive and Unknown Is Hiding in Space… and It’s a Giant Cloud Made of Metal
Astronomers have detected a colossal cloud of vaporized metals circling an unidentified object in deep space. The dense…
Elon Musk mocks Trump’s board of peace with Greenland joke
Elon Musk made his first appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday (22 January),…