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[Left] Ax-4 Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Commander Peggy Whitson, and Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski [Right] have been training to live and work aboard the space station for the past eight months in preparation for their mission, which is targeted to launch no earlier than June 8, 2025. Image: Axiom SpaceThe debut of the fifth and planned final Dragon spacecraft is going to take a bit longer. The vehicle, tail number C213, will won’t be ready to support the flight of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the International Space Station until next month.

Varda Space has successfully landed its third reentry capsule back on Earth, delivering data for a U.S. Air Force advanced navigation systems technology demonstration.

Trouble is coming to Earth this summer with FX's Alien: Earth.

The White House's 2026 budget request axes NASA's long-held plan to bring Mars samples to Earth for analysis. Here's why that cancellation would be a mistake.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today (May 14), carrying 28 Starlink satellites for the company's growing constellation.

Elon Musk said that he'll give a livestreamed update about SpaceX's Mars plans next week, shortly before the ninth test flight of the company's Starship megarocket.

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, an Expedition 73 crew member aboard the International Space Station, photographed the "Flower" full moon in May 2025.

Data from NASA's GRAIL mission reveals evidence of ancient volcanic heat still influencing the moon's internal structure.

The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon Titan, capturing the first evidence of cloud formation in the moon's northern hemisphere.

The Wolf Amendment, a law that prevents bilateral cooperation in space research between the U.S. and China, is preventing U.S. government-funded analysis of the Chang'e 5 moon samples.

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-67 mission on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX returned to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Wednesday afternoon with its Falcon 9 rocket. The company launched of its latest batch of Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites on the 475th Falcon 9 rocket to date.

Australian company Gilmour Space is poised to launch Australia's first ever orbital rocket designed and manufactured in the land down under.

A science team has combined data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the Keck II telescope to see evidence of cloud convection on Saturn’s moon Titan in the northern hemisphere for the first time. Most of Titan’s lakes and seas are located in that hemisphere, and are likely replenished by an occasional rain of methane and ethane. Webb also has detected a key carbon-containing molecule that gives insight into the chemical processes in Titan’s complex atmosphere.

X2.7-class eruption from sunspot AR4087 disrupts radio signals as the active region rotates toward Earth, raising the risk of more flares ahead.

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander, named Athena, is pictured on its side, lying on the Moon’s surface following touchdown on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Image: Intuitive Machines

The third attempt to land on the Moon for Houston-based Intuitive Machines is coming up in less than a year and the company said Tuesday it understands how to stick the landing on the next go around.

The Canon EOS R6 Mark II is a mid-range full-frame mirrorless camera offering a 24.2MP resolution with up to 4K video capture in-camera alongside impressive autofocus.

Using laser pulses, picosecond exposures on high-speed cameras, and some clever methods to simulate the speed of light, Austrian-based researchers were able to show that the image of an object moving at the speed of light is rotated.

The unexpected 2020 collapse of the Arecibo Observatory left NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar as the new heavy hitter when it comes to finding and studying asteroids.

SpaceX just conducted another static-fire test with a Starship upper stage, further prepping the megarocket for its upcoming ninth test flight.

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft captured a thermal image of Mars during a gravity-assist flyby, testing instruments ahead of its mission to explore Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa.

Estimating the number of stars in the known (observable) universe is incredibly complex, but here's the best approximation based on current astronomical knowledge: