Space

Snoopy has come home. The “world famous astronaut” splashed down on NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft in December, but it was not until a month later that the beagle was removed from the capsule.

SpaceX plans to launch its first Starlink mission of 2023 Wednesday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, following delays caused by bad weather and to examine data from the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 with 51 internet satellites is now set for 7:48 p.m. […]

These fleeting beacons from the outer solar system make for fantastic shots.

NASA will host a media teleconference at 9 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 11, to discuss results from the investigation of the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-22 external coolant leak and the forward strategy for uninterrupted human operations aboard the International Space Station.

The sun has fired off its third powerful X-class solar flare in less than a week, scoring an explosive hat trick.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Monday night with 40 more internet satellites for OneWeb, nudging the network closer to full operational capability. The Falcon 9 booster returned to Cape Canaveral for landing eight minutes later.

Patterns in short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) could provide insight into neutron star collisions.

Imagine a future in space where pellet-beam propulsion systems speed up travel to other worlds, pipelines on the Moon transport oxygen between settlements, and Martian bricks grow on their own before being assembled into homes.

Virgin Orbit and the United Kingdom Space Agency announced they will investigate the loss of the Launcher One rocket during its first United Kingdom launch attempt.

A new chapter in spaceflight history will be made Monday when the first ever satellites to be launched into orbit from Western Europe begin their journey into space inside a rocket slung beneath a converted jumbo jet carrier aircraft that will take off from Cornwall on the southwest peninsula of […]