NASA officially adds SpaceX’s giant Starship megarocket to its launch roster
SpaceX is building Starship as a full reusable heavy-lift rocket to fly astronauts to the moon and Mars.
Aurora alert: Giant ‘hole’ in sun and strong geomagnetic storm converge to supercharge northern lights this weekend
A huge sun eruption combines with speedy solar wind from a "coronal hole" for a weekend aurora show, experts predict.
Astronaut takes a mind-bending trip over Earth beneath star trails: Space photo of the day
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the International Space Station.
Space photo of the day: Brilliant comet shines at sunset over observatory in Chile
The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.
SpaceX Dragon meets sunrise at launch pad for Crew-10 flight | Space photo of the day March 11, 2025
The Dragon capsule will launch atop a SpaceX rocket to carry 4 astronauts to space on March 12.
Rocket Lab unveils plan to land Neutron rockets at sea, 1st launch in 2025
The new Neutron rocket includes a "hippo" mouth fairing that deploys upper stages by spitting them out from inside.
Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south pole
For the second time in two years, a private Intuitive Machines lander fell over on the moon.
The US will ‘plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond,’ Trump tells Congress
President Donald Trump told lawmakers that U.S. astronauts will one day carry the American flag to Mars and beyond during a speech before the joint session of Congress.
‘America First’ on the moon? US must ‘dominate’ in space, acting NASA chief says during lunar landing
Acting NASA administrator made the comments just before Firefly Aerospace's private Blue Ghost 1 landed on the moon for the agency.
‘I think we all know that hope is fading.’ Private Odin asteroid probe is tumbling in space
The company AstroForge is working to try and recover the asteroid probe before time runs out.