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SpaceX performs a tanking test, called a wet dress rehearsal, on its fully integrated Starship rocket on March 4, 2024. At the same time, it was preparing to launch the Crew-8 mission for NASA from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX may be on the cusp of launching its massive Starship rocket for a third time, potentially as early as next Thursday. In an online update, the company said it is targeting Thursday, March 14 for the third flight test of Starship “pending regulatory approval.”

NASA wants Artemis moon astronauts to have the perfect moon camera — Nikon is on the case.

Episode 5 of Apple TV+'s 'Constellation' focuses on expanding the conspiracy theories as worlds begin to collide and merge.

Los fenómenos astronómicos y terrestres que no se debe perder durante el eclipse solar total del 8 de abril de 2024.

Demand is soaring for United Airlines flights to and from cities in the April 8 solar eclipse's path of totality.

NASA wants a new group of astronauts. U.S. citizens have until April 2 to apply for chances to fly to low Earth orbit, the moon and maybe even Mars.

SpaceX could launch its Starship megarocket on its third test flight as soon as March 14, the company quietly announced via social media.

While the fifth flight of the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is underway, NASA and SpaceX are studying the fleet to determine whether or not the capsules could make it to 15 flights.

NASA has canceled the complex and costly OSAM-1 satellite-servicing demonstration mission.

The Celestron EclipSmart solar binoculars are currently 28% off and Amazon's lowest-ever price, ahead of the solar eclipse on April 8.

From 'shadow snakes' and 'double diamonds' to Baily's beads and the corona, here's what you need to prepare for on April 8.

Incredible images captured by the Very Large Telescope in Chile reveal unique insights into planet formation around young stars.

Space is hard, even when you don’t leave the ground.

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The two central stages for Ariane 6’s first flight are being assembled in the launcher assembly building (BAL) at Europe’s Spaceport. The core stage and the upper stage for Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 are set to fly in the Summer of 2024. Once assembled, the stages will be transferred to the launch pad.

Image: Hera asteroid mission vs. absolutely nothing

Ultrasound devices are commonplace in modern orbital medical kits, helping to facilitate rapid diagnoses of astronaut ailments or bodily changes. However it takes real-time guidance from experts on the ground to acquire medically useful ultrasound images. Once astronauts travel to the Moon or further into the Solar System such guidance will no longer be practical due to the time delay involved. A new ESA-led project aims to leverage AI and Machine Learning so that astronauts can perform close to expert quality ultrasound exams by themselves.

Near-Earth asteroid Apophis will not collide with another space rock until its close approach to Earth in 2029, a new analysis finds.