Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That’s finally changing.
But flat-packed, stackable satellites allow operators to deliver more capability to orbit faster. Starship will take this to…
Staffing the moon base: How many astronauts should live in NASA’s lunar outpost?
The success of NASA’s future moon base depends in large part on mission design, which should allow astronauts…
Rush Mission to Rescue a Space Telescope
High in the sky over the Pacific Ocean, a special mission has begun to save a valuable space…
BofA Initiates SpaceX Coverage at $235 Price Target, Sees Multiple Billion-Dollar Businesses
Quick Read Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems revenue fell 3% in Q1 2026, and NOC trades at $548, well…
New Horizons Pluto probe just woke itself up after 321 days of hibernation
Science Good luck getting your PC to do that after lunch NASA’s New Horizons probe has woken itself…
NASA begins funding hardware for ‘Skyfall’ Mars helicopter mission
NASA’s nuclear-powered mission to Mars is taking shape with the selection of Firefly Aerospace to design and manufacture…
Could Astronauts Grow Rice on the Moon?
If humans are ever going to live on the Moon rather than just visit, they will need to…
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 36th flight – Spaceflight Now
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the first stage booster, 1067, stands at Launch Complex 39A on…
In November 2025, UC Irvine astronomers announced a rocky super-Earth called GJ 251 c orbiting in a habitable zone less than 20 light-years away — close enough that the next generation of ground-based telescopes may actually photograph it directly
GJ 251 c is the kind of planet astronomers have been trying to find for decades: nearby, relatively…
The latest space race is to become first galactic garbageman
The space race is filled with glamorous rockets, astronauts and sparkling new space stations, but people rarely think…
Watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch for record-breaking 36th time early on July 9
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch for a record-breaking 36th time early Thursday morning (July 9), and…
The Milky Way’s Arms Reach Out Further Than we Thought
Because of our Solar System’s location in the Milky Way’s galactic disk, astronomers have a harder time determining…