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China launched the latest in its secretive Shiyan satellite series over the weekend. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, northwest China, at 7:43 p.m.EDT on May 11 (2343 GMT, or 7:43 a.m. Beijing time on May 12). Chinese authorities revealed the mission payload to be […]

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch for the 21st time tonight (May 17), setting a new reusability record for the company. The Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during a three-hour window that opens at 8:32 p.m. EDT (0032 GMT on May 18), sending […]

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for the 21st time tonight (May 17), setting a new reusability record for the company. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:32 p.m. EDT (0032 GMT on May 18), sending 23 of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites toward orbit. The Falcon 9’s first […]

A Blue Origin rocket will launch the company’s first private astronaut spaceflight since 2022 this weekend. If you’re hoping to watch it live online, you’ll need to know when to tune in — but don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.   Blue Origin is currently targeting Sunday (May 19) to launch six space tourists on […]

The BepiColombo spacecraft, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), could be feeling the heat even before it reaches its destination: Mercury. Thanks to a glitch, the spacecraft’s thrusters are no longer operating at full power. The team has yet to determine how this will impact upcoming maneuvers, like […]

SpaceX is set to launch 20 of its Starlink internet satellites today (May 14), on the company’s 50th orbital mission of 2024. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft — 13 of which feature direct-to-cell capability — is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today during a four-hour window that opens […]

SpaceX launched 20 of its Starlink internet satellites today (May 14), on the company’s 50th orbital mission of 2024. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft — 13 of which feature direct-to-cell capability — lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 2:39 p.m. EDT (1839 GMT; 11:39 a.m. local California time).  The […]

SpaceX launched 20 of its Starlink internet satellites today (May 14), on the company’s 50th orbital mission of 2024. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft — 13 of which feature direct-to-cell capability — lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 2:39 p.m. EDT (1839 GMT; 11:39 a.m. local California time).  The […]

SpaceX plans to launch 23 more of its Starlink satellites tonight (May 12), adding to its huge and ever-growing broadband megaconstellation. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight during a roughly three-hour window that opens at 8:53 p.m. EDT (0053 […]

China launched its first Long March 6C rocket, helping the nation further its goal of launching 100 orbital missions this year. The 131-foot (43-meter) Long March 6C rocket took off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China’s mountainous Shanxi province at 11:21 EDT on Monday, May 6 (0321 on May 7). The two-stage, single […]

SpaceX is set to launch 20 Starlink internet satellites from California tonight (May 9), including 13 with direct-to-cell capability. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Starlink craft is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight, during a two-hour window that opens at 11:20 p.m. EDT (8:20 p.m. local California time; 0320 […]

SpaceX is set to launch 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (May 8), on the second leg of a spaceflight doubleheader for the company. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Starlink craft — 13 of which will be able to beam service directly to cell phones — is scheduled to lift off […]

NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is back in action, searching for worlds beyond the solar system’s limits. TESS came out of “safe mode” on May 3, resuming its search for worlds in other star systems known as extrasolar planets (or exoplanets) as they cross or “transit” the face of their parent stars, causing […]

China’s most ambitious moon mission yet, Chang’e 6, entered lunar orbit overnight on Tuesday (May 7), setting its sights for a landing on the moon’s far side to collect and return samples to Earth. Chang’e 6 launched May 3 from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in southern China’s Hainan province, riding a Long March 5 rocket to orbit […]

China’s most ambitious moon mission yet, Chang’e 6, entered lunar orbit overnight on Tuesday (May 7), setting its sights for a landing on the moon’s far side to collect and return samples to Earth. Chang’e 6 launched May 3 from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in southern China’s Hainan province, riding a Long March 5 rocket to orbit […]

China’s most ambitious moon mission yet, Chang’e 6, entered lunar orbit overnight on Tuesday (May 7), setting its sights for a landing on the moon’s far side to collect and return samples to Earth. Chang’e 6 launched May 3 from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in southern China’s Hainan province, riding a Long March 5 rocket to orbit […]

SpaceX is set to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida today (May 8), on the first leg of a planned spaceflight doubleheader for the company. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink craft is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today, during a nearly four-hour […]

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida today (May 8), on the first leg of a planned spaceflight doubleheader for the company. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink craft lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today at 2:42 p.m. EDT (1842 GMT), at the very end […]

XMM-Newton, a European Space Agency and NASA-operated space telescope, has imaged a vast cosmic “Cloverleaf” to uncover its mysterious origins. The Cloverleaf is an example of an “odd radio circle,” or ORC. These objects are strange bubbles of radio light that are so huge they can be thousands of times the width of the Milky […]

After years of delays, Boeing is finally ready to launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA on a test flight to the International Space Station on May 6, and if you’re hoping to watch the launch online, you’ll need to know when to tune in. But don’t fret, space fans. We’ve got you covered. […]

China is headed back to the moon’s mysterious far side — and this time, the nation will bring back some souvenirs. The robotic Chang’e 6 mission launched today (May 3) at 5:27 a.m. EDT (0927 GMT; 5:27 p.m. Beijing time), riding a Long March 5 rocket off a pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site, […]

A new X-ray space telescope is broadening our understanding of the universe with just three dozen pixels — really putting smartphones with as many as 12 million to 48 million pixels to shame! The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA spacecraft known as the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM; pronounced “crism”) launched in […]

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (May 2), on the second half of a spaceflight doubleheader. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:37 p.m. EDT (0237 GMT on May 3). The Starlink launch was SpaceX’s second of […]

China has released a highly detailed geologic atlas of the moon. The atlas, which is available in Chinese and English, depicts the surface of the moon with a scale of 1:2.5 million. It highlights many intriguing geological features, such as impact craters. “The first thing that catches our eye are those rings, which we call […]