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Posted on April 2, 2025

SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see ‘pure white’ Antarctica from polar orbit: Space photo of the day

Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above.
Posted on April 2, 2025

Plush polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 zero-g indicator in polar orbit

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.
Posted on March 27, 2025

Katy Perry, Gayle King blast off on star-studded all-female Blue Origin rocket launch on April 14

Blue Origin has announced an April 14 liftoff date for its star-studded, all-female NS-31 mission launching on its New Shepard rocket.
Posted on March 17, 2025

Feel the burn with this amazing video of a Varda space capsule’s plunge through Earth’s atmosphere

The final two minutes of the video show things really heating up.
Posted on March 7, 2025

SpaceX loses Starship rocket stage again, but catches giant Super Heavy booster during Flight 8 launch (video)

SpaceX managed to catch the Super Heavy booster on Starship's eighth test flight today (March 6), but the vehicle's upper stage was lost about nine minutes after liftoff.
Posted on March 6, 2025

Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — ‘the chance of talking with Odin is minimal’

AstroForge says there's no real hope of reestablishing contact with its Odin probe, the first private spacecraft ever to fly beyond the moon.
Posted on March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

Watch Intuitive Machines land private Athena probe at the lunar south pole

Intuitive Machines' Athena lander is scheduled to touch down near the moon's south pole today (March 6). Here's how to watch it live.
Posted on March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

SpaceX calls off Starship Flight 8 launch test due to rocket issues (video)

SpaceX called off today's (March 3) planned Starship Flight 8 launch after several issues with the vehicle cropped up during the countdown.
Posted on March 3, 2025March 3, 2025

Watch SpaceX launch its Starship Flight 8 megarocket test flight on March 5

SpaceX plans to launch the eighth test flight of its huge Starship rocket on Wednesday (March 5), and you can watch the dramatic action live.
Posted on March 1, 2025

‘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.

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