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The world's largest rocket launches into a blue sky on SpaceX's Flight 7.

SpaceX targeting Feb. 28 for next launch of Starship megarocket

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX plans to launch the eighth test flight of its Starship megarocket on Friday (Feb. 28), company founder and CEO Elon Musk says.

Private Spaceflight
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander captured stunning views of the moon after its second lunar orbit maneuver on Feb. 24, 2025.

Private Blue Ghost moon lander captures amazing footage of Earth behind and lunar surface below (video)

By Andrew Jones published

Firefly Aerospace is primed for a lunar landing attempt on Sunday (March 2) following a series of successful maneuvers in lunar orbit.

Launches & Spacecraft
a rectangular spacecraft floats in front of a colorful space background

NASA picks SpaceX rocket to launch asteroid threat hunter NEO Surveyor in 2027

By Mike Wall published

NASA has selected SpaceX to launch its NEO Surveyor spacecraft, which will hunt for asteroids and comets that could pose a threat to Earth.

Missions
In this photo, technician Brenda Estavia is installing the innermost layer of the sunshade onto the deployable aperture cover structure of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

NASA installs 'bulletproof' sunshade on powerful Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (photos)

By Victoria Corless published

Technicians have installed the sunshade on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch in Spring 2027.

Missions
a large silver cone-shaped spacecraft in a white cleanroom

NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching soon. Here's why it's a big deal

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Scientists aim to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the universe using NASA's newest space telescope, SPHEREx, which is set to launch March 4.

Missions
a collage of different images showing futuristic technologies ranging from one-legged jumping robots to balloons on an alien planet

Leaping robots, fusion satellites and more! New NASA-funded studies could someday 'change the possible'

By Andrew Jones published

NASA has awarded funds to 15 trailblazing concepts for space technology that could help us explore and inhabit the solar system.

Tech
a white rocket lifts off into a partially cloudy dusk sky from its California launchpad

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink internet satellites from California

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

SpaceX launched another set of its Starlink internet satellites from southern California on Saturday evening (Feb 22).

Launches & Spacecraft
an illustration of a spacecraft consisting of a central spindle surrounded by three concentric rings, floating over a grid. a wave of blue light crests behind and above the spacecraft, while a wave of red light crests underneath and in front of it

30 years after warp drives were proposed, we still can't make the math work

By Paul Sutter published

To construct a warp drive, we would need negative mass, which doesn't appear to exist in the universe and would violate everything we know about motion, momentum and energy.

Tech
a brown and green orb floating in space in front of thousands of stars

What's that smell? Astronomers discover a stinky new clue in the search for alien life

By Paul Sutter published

Astronomers have discovered that sulfur may be a key to helping us narrow down our search for life on other planets.

Search for Life
Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle launches on the NS-25 crewed suborbital mission, on May 19, 2024

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin targeting Feb. 25 for 10th space tourism launch

By Mike Wall published

Blue Origin is targeting next Tuesday (Feb. 25) for its 10th space tourism launch, which will send six people to the final frontier. You'll be able to watch the action live.

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