SpaceX announces plans for first all-civilian space flight

The mission aims to raise $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and one of the crew members will be a frontline health worker.

• Feb 2, 2021

Spacewalkers complete battery work, install new cameras

Monday's spacewalk was the second of four planned by the space station's current crew.

• Feb 1, 2021

NASA and Boeing plan second moon rocket test firing

Re-running the SLS rocket's "hot fire" test will provide data needed to make certain the booster is ready to fly.

• Feb 3, 2021

2021's first full moon — the "Wolf Moon" — shines bright tonight

Look up! The full moon reaches peak illumination this afternoon.

• Jan 28, 2021

Spacewalkers venture outside for space station upgrades

New experiment platform only partially activated after spacewalkers have problems with balky cables

• Jan 27, 2021

Meet the people paying a reported $55 million to fly to the ISS

The proposed historic mission is aiming for a January 2022 launch date aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.

• Jan 26, 2021

SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites

It was the most satellites ever launched by a single rocket

• Jan 25, 2021

Bad weather forces SpaceX to call off plans for launch

SpaceX will make another attempt to launch its Transporter 1 "rideshare" mission Sunday.

• Jan 23, 2021

SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites

SpaceX has now launched more than 1,000 Starlink internet relay satellites.

• Jan 20, 2021

"Super puff" exoplanet is as big as Jupiter but 10 times lighter

The "cotton candy" planet is challenging everything astronomers thought about the formation of gas giants.

• Jan 19, 2021

Software blamed for moon rocket engine shutdown

Engineers are debating whether to carry out another test firing before pressing ahead toward launch

• Jan 19, 2021

Richard Branson company launches rocket from under plane's wing

Virgin Orbit asserts its method offers maximum flexibility since the launching Boeing 747s could take off from airports anywhere.

• Jan 18, 2021

Moon rocket test firing aborted after engine shutdown

It was not immediately clear what went wrong or what will be needed to fix it.

• Jan 16, 2021

Blue Origin launches New Shepard test flight

Blue Origin says "we're getting very, very close" to launching passengers to space.

• Jan 14, 2021

NASA rover celebrates 3,000 days on Mars with epic panorama

The glorious new image captures the 96-mile-wide Gale Crater and part of Mount Sharp, its central mountain.

• Jan 14, 2021

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