October 10, 2024

A Category 5 hurricane bearing down on Florida starkly stands out in new space station footage. Earlier today (Wednesday, Oct. 9), the International Space Station flew over Hurricane Milton as the storm made its way toward the west coast of Florida. Milton is expected to make landfall as soon as tonight, and millions of residents […]

SpaceX is preparing to launch the fifth flight of its Starship megarocket as soon as Oct. 13, despite repeated statements from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that the flight test would likely have to wait until November. Starship last flew in June, and SpaceX nailed its launch objectives by returning the rocket to Earth as

Blue Origin will have to wait a bit longer to debut its second human-rated spacecraft. Jeff Bezos‘ aerospace company planned to launch its uncrewed NS-27 mission Monday morning (Oct. 7), sending a brand-new New Shepard rocket-capsule combo on a brief trip to suborbital space. But technical issues intervened. “We’re going to scrub the launch for