Watch SpaceX launch more than 100 satellites to orbit today on Transporter 15 rideshare mission (Image Credit: Space.com) Watch live! SpaceX launches over 100 satellites on Transporter-15 mission – YouTube Watch On SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission is poised to deliver more than 100 spacecraft to Earth orbit. A Falcon 9 rocket will launch […]
ISS astronauts see comet Lemmon ‘absorbed’ by aurora | Space photo of the day for Nov. 20, 2025 (Image Credit: Space.com) For skywatchers, scientists and even the astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), the skies have recently been very active. The sun has released its largest eruptions of 2025, sparking a […]
Senate to hold hearing for billionaire Jared Isaacman’s re-nomination as NASA chief on Dec. 3 (Image Credit: Space.com) Jared Isaacman will head back to Capitol Hill early next month. The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing on Dec. 3 to consider the nomination of the billionaire […]
Private mission to save NASA space telescope will launch in 2026 on a rocket dropped from a plane (Image Credit: Space.com) A history-making robotic rescue mission scheduled to launch next year will fly on a rocket dropped from a plane. In September, NASA announced that it has chosen Arizona company Katalyst Space […]
Rocket Lab launches hypersonic test flight for US military (photo) (Image Credit: Space.com) Rocket Lab launched its hypersonic test vehicle for the sixth time ever this week. The HASTE suborbital rocket lifted off Tuesday (Nov. 18) at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) from Rocket Lab‘s Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia, […]
Chinese astronauts ‘stuck’ on space station to get a new spacecraft after debris strike leaves them without a ride home (Image Credit: Space.com) China appears to have set a launch date for an uncrewed spacecraft that will replace one damaged by space debris while docked at the Tiangong Space Station. The three […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks into Florida’s night sky carrying Starlink satellites to orbit (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites in a nighttime liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast on Tuesday (Nov. 18). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Space […]
Will Europe’s flagship space science missions survive NASA’s budget cuts? (Image Credit: Space.com) Flagship European space science missions conducted in collaboration with NASA face a possible combined funding shortfall of nearly $2 billion due to budget cuts put forward by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. The European Space Agency hopes […]
FAA lifts ban on daytime rocket launches after government shutdown ends (Image Credit: Space.com) Commercial launch companies (especially SpaceX) can breathe easy, now that restrictions on when they’re allowed to lift off have been rescinded. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ended an order designed to help alleviate strain on air […]
Orbiting satellite uses AI to reorient itself in ‘major step towards full autonomy in space’ (Image Credit: Space.com) For the first time, researchers have controlled the orientation of a satellite in space using an autonomous AI, a major feat that could greatly improve the safety and effectiveness of satellites in space. While […]
