US Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as new NASA administrator
More than a year after his initial nomination, the U.S. Senate has voted to confirm billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator.
Blue Origin launches 1st wheelchair user to space and back (video)
Blue Origin launched wheelchair user Michi Benthaus and her NS-37 five crewmates aboard a New Shepard rocket from West Texas on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.
Rocket Lab launches 4 experimental ‘DiskSats’ for the US military
Rocket Lab launched four "DiskSats" for the U.S. Space Force just after midnight on Thursday (Dec. 18), adding to the company's busy 2025.
SpaceX launches Starlink missions in dual-coast spaceflight doubleheader (videos)
SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets, each carrying Starlink satellites, from Kennedy Space Cener in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Dec. 17, 2025.
Surprise! Saturn’s huge moon Titan may not have a buried ocean after all
"We're not certain if having widespread liquid pockets instead of a global ocean makes Titan more or less habitable."
Crewed Russian spacecraft meets up with ISS | Space photo of the day for Dec. 17, 2025
The Soyuz launched on Nov. 27, 2025 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Experiments on a private space station: Vast asks scientists for research proposals
The California startup Vast has opened a call for scientific research aboard its Haven-1 private space station, which is set to launch atop a SpaceX rocket next year.
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is still silent at Mars — and apparently is spinning, too
NASA still hasn't heard from its MAVEN Mars orbiter, and the spacecraft appears to be spinning in an odd way as well.
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket launches its 1st pair of Galileo navigation satellites (video)
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launched a pair of Galileo satellites just after midnight on Wednesday (Dec. 17), adding to the continent's geopositioning constellation.
Launch of Japan’s Michibiki 5 navigation satellite scrubbed late in countdown
The planned launch of Japan's Michibiki 5 navigation satellite atop an H3 rocket tonight (Dec. 16) was scrubbed with less than a minute left in the countdown.