SpaceX inks deal with Vast to launch 2 astronaut missions to the ISS.

SpaceX has signed a deal to fly two more private astronaut missions to the International Space Station (ISS) using its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule. The flights were booked by California company Vast Space, which is developing a private space station called Haven-…

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Russian cosmonauts install X-ray detector, jettison trash on spacewalk outside ISS.

A Russian cosmonaut took a short ride at the end of a robotic arm to jettison spent equipment that he and a crewmate collected during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Dec. 19). Expedition 72 flight engineer Alexey Ovchinin secured his feet at one en…

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Rocket Lab launch a private Earth-imaging satellite.

Rocket Lab plans to launch an Earth-observing radar satellite, and you can watch it live when a new launch date is set. An Electron rocket was scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Dec. 20, but was scrubbed with less than 20 minutes remaining in the…

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Tesla is working with Austin on deploying self-driving cars.

Tesla is working with the City of Austin, the automaker’s new home, on deploying self-driving cars. Now, Tesla simply needs to have self-driving cars. According to a new Bloomberg report, Tesla has been in contact with Austin officials about the requirements to deploy self-dr…

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Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk outside Tiangong space station.

Two Chinese astronauts just secured a spot in spaceflight history. Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, part of China's three-person Shenzhou 19 mission, spent more than nine hours spacewalking outside the Tiangong space station from late Monday night (Dec. 16) through Tuesday m…

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Boeing Starliner astronauts will return to Earth in March 2025 after new NASA, SpaceX delay.

The astronaut duo who flew the first-ever crewed mission of Boeing's Starliner capsule will have to wait a little longer to rejoin us on Earth. The next crew rotation mission to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX's Crew-10, has been delayed to no earlier t…

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SpaceX’s 31st Dragon cargo capsule departs ISS to head home to Earth.

SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on schedule today (Dec. 16) at 11:05 a.m. EST (1605 GMT) today (Dec. 16). The spacecraft will begin a series of deorbit burns to complete the company's 31st commercial resupply service…

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James Webb Space Telescope finds smallest asteroids ever seen between Mars and Jupiter.

By reverse-engineering James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) exoplanet data, a team of astronomers just spotted dozens of tiny asteroids — including the smallest ever seen in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroids that are mostly likely to hit Earth aren't hug…

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100th woman in space, Emily Calandrelli.

Emily Calandrelli made history on Nov. 22, 2024, when she became the 100th woman to go to space. But thanks to "small men on the internet," the monumental milestone was marred by misogyny, Calandrelli told Live Science. Footage of the historic launch, led by aerosp…

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Musankwa sanyatiensis, a new dinosaur from Zimbabwe discovered.

Fossils found on the shoreline of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe represent a completely new dinosaur species. This remarkable find, named Musankwa sanyatiensis, marks only the fourth dinosaur species named from Zimbabwe. The research detailing this significant discovery is publish…

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Europe's Vega-C rocket launches Earth-observation satellite on 1st liftoff since 2022 failure.

Europe's Vega-C rocket returned to flight Thursday (Dec. 5) with a successful mission, two years after suffering a catastrophic failure. Vega-C, which is operated by the French company Arianespace, launched the Copernicus Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite on Thursd…

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Trump picks billionaire private SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA.

A billionaire tech entrepreneur and private astronaut is Donald Trump's choice for the next NASA chief. The president-elect announced via social media today (Dec. 4) that he has picked Jared Isaacman, the founder and CEO of payment-processing company Shift4 Payments, for…

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California earthquake: Tsunami warning canceled after 7.0-magnitude quake.

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off California on Thursday morning, briefly triggering a tsunami warning for the coast of Northern California and southern Oregon. The quake occurred at around 10:44 a.m. and originated about 62 miles west of Ferndale, California, according …

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Australia passes social media ban for children under 16.

A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for syste…

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World’s largest piracy network taken down after 100 homes raided across 10 countries.

Police across 10 countries have taken part in a massive operation targeting what is believed to be the world’s largest piracy network. Properties were raided in the UK, as well as Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Romania as …

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Norway set to become World’s First All-Electric Vehicle Market.

This Is What the World’s First All-EV Car Market Looks Like. Norway is on the cusp of completing a transition away from combustion cars thanks to targeted incentives that made electrics an easy choice. In Norway, Toyota Motor Corp. is going from one electric-powered model to…

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How China plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030

China's human spaceflight agency has released a video detailing its plans for a first crewed mission to the moon, including progress on lunar hardware. The promotional video, published by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Nov. 21, shows not only animations of plann…

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New Japanese rocket engine explodes during testing for 2nd time in 16 months

A test of an engine for Japan's upcoming Epsilon rocket ended in an explosion on Nov. 26, the second time in less than two years that this engine has met an untimely end during testing. On Tuesday, a second-stage engine designed for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency…

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SpaceX rocket launches Koreasat-6A satellite.

A Falcon 9 rocket launched the KoreaSat-6A telecom satellite from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida today at 12:25 p.m. EST (1625 GMT). It was the 23rd mission for this rocket's first stage, according to SpaceX, equaling a mark set by two other Falcon 9 b…

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Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981.

Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to using a backup radio transmitter that has been inactive since 1981. The interstellar explorer experienced a brief pause in communications after putting itself in a protective state to conserve…

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Shenzhou-19 astronauts start journey to China's space station for new endeavors

China launched the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship on Wednesday, sending three astronauts -- including the country's first female space engineer -- to its orbiting space station for a six-month mission. The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off at 4:27…

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NASA chief says talks between Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin would be 'concerning'.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has expressed concerns over reports that SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nelson was on stage at Semafor's World Economy Summit on Friday (Oct. 25) when he was asked about a…

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China wants to make its Tiangong space station bigger and better.

China has been operating its completed Tiangong orbital outpost for almost two years now — and is looking to expand its capabilities with new modules and spacecraft. The three-module, T-shaped Tiangong space station was fully assembled in November 2022, with the arrival of t…

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New study of Apollo 16 moon samples reveals hidden lunar history.

Scientists continue to piece together the moon's complex history using lunar samples collected during NASA's Apollo missions over half a century ago.  A fresh analysis of lunar dust collected by Apollo 16 astronauts in 1972 offers a clearer picture of the effects of …

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Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man who is now central to Donald Trump’s election campaign, has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin for the past two years, according to a report in the US. The Wall Street Journal, citing several in-post and former US, European and Rus…

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Stunning fossil trapped in amber reveals previously unknown species that lived during the time of dinosaurs.

When dinosaurs roamed Earth, their surroundings looked very different than the world of today. But there were also some similarities. And now scientists have confirmed a new one: Diverse firefly species lit up the night during the late Mesozoic. The discovery comes from a fo…

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SpaceX's Starlink internet flies on a Boeing 777 jet for the 1st time.

SpaceX's Starlink internet service continues to make inroads around the globe. Starlink provided Wi-Fi on a Boeing 777 jet for the first time today (Oct. 22), during a Qatar Airways flight from the Qatari capital of Doha to London. The 777 is the "largest and longest…

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SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts undock from ISS after weather delays.

SpaceX's Crew-8 quartet of astronauts departed the space station at last today (Oct. 23), following more than two weeks of weather-related delays. The Dragon spacecraft for SpaceX Crew-8, called Endeavour, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) today at 5:05…

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Hubble Telescope sees 'stellar volcano' erupt in amazing colors.

T he Hubble Space Telescope has captured an intricate portrait of two nearby stars that have been in close contact for centuries, revealing once again the complex yet volatile relationship of a stellar duo. The striking, hour-glass-shaped nebula seen in the new image was forg…

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James Webb telescope spots the ultimate 'super star cluster' deep in the Milky Way.

Westerlund 1 is a galactic factory of epic proportions. Visible from Earth's Southern Hemisphere just below the tail of the Scorpion — and close to the core of the Milky Way — it's the largest known star cluster in our galaxy. It's the ultimate example of a "…

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