China breaks its single-year launch record with weekend flurry
Four Chinese rockets launched over the weekend, taking the nation's total for 2025 to a record-breaking 72 orbital missions.
New ‘exosuit’ with artificial muscles could help astronauts explore the moon and Mars
A new "exosuit" was put through its paces with analog astronauts in Australia. The research team would love to try the suit out on the International Space Station, too.
Private Chinese rocket fails during launch, 3 satellites lost
Galactic Energy's Ceres-1 rocket suffered a failure of its upper stage during a launch on Sunday (Nov. 9), leading to the loss of all three payloads on board.
Planets may make their own water as they form — could that mean more habitable worlds in the universe?
New lab experiments suggest that water may not be a rare visitor delivered by chance but rather a fundamental ingredient woven into the process of planetary birth.
Blue Origin delays launch of New Glenn rocket carrying NASA Mars probes, may seek exemption from FAA order for next try
NASA's first Mars launch in more than five years will wait a little longer to get off the ground.
Europe wants to make space food out of thin air and astronaut pee
The European Space Agency's HOBI-WAN project will test a food-production method on the International Space Station that could be used for long-duration missions to the moon and Mars.
Office of Space Commerce faces an uncertain future amid budget cuts and new oversight
An expert talks about the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and its role in the wider regulatory landscape affecting commercial use of outer space.
SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida’s Space Coast
SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink broadband satellites today (Nov. 9), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.
Astronauts can get motion sick while splashing back down to Earth – virtual reality headsets could help them stay sharp
The conflict between the brain's expectation of Earth's gravity and the reality of no gravity causes space motion sickness.
This company wants to be the 1st to launch human remains to Mars. Will it ever get there?
Space memorial company Celestis has opened reservations for its "Mars300" spaceflight that aims to send human remains to orbit around the Red Planet.