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Like a lightbulb switching between high- and low-power modes, Saturn pumps into space varying amounts of heat based on its seasons, a fresh analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveals. A noticeable effect of this flux is turbulence in Saturn‘s atmosphere, which whips up storms across its north and south hemispheres strong enough to […]

SpaceX successfully launched a European TV satellite into orbit and then achieved its 250th landing on an ocean-based droneship. A Falcon 9 rocket launched Luxembourg-based telecom company SES’ Astra 1P satellite from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday (June 20) at 5:35 p.m. EDT (2135 GMT).  The liftoff had originally been scheduled for

Rocket Lab plans to launch its Electron vehicle for the 50th time today (June 20), and you can watch the milestone moment live. An Electron rocket topped with five small satellites for the French Internet of Things (IoT) company Kinéis is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site today at 2:13 p.m.

Researchers have teased out the details of how sound behaves at various times and places on Mars — and the results are very different from what we are used to on Earth. NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars carries several microphones. These devices, intended to study the properties of materials on the Red Planet, have picked

China has selected 10 new astronauts for training as part of its goal to put a crew on the moon by 2030, the country’s human spaceflight agency announced last week. The latest batch includes eight pilots and two payload experts, according to the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO). They are set to receive about

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites from California on Tuesday night (June 18), ending a 10-day spaceflight drought for the company. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 20 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday at 11:40 p.m. EDT (8:40 p.m. local California

A Falcon 9 rocket is now scheduled to launch Luxembourg-based telecom company SES’ Astra 1P satellite from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday (June 20) during a nearly three-hour window that opens at 5:35 p.m. EDT (2135 GMT).  The liftoff had originally been scheduled for Tuesday, but elevated winds at the launch site

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-R series constellation is expected to be complete in space soon, pending a successful launch of its GOES-U satellite at the end of June. The mission will be historic for many reasons, including the fact it will mark the first time a NOAA satellite will be transported to

NASA has picked a new date for the spacewalk that was postponed last weekend due to “spacesuit discomfort.” NASA astronauts Tracy Dyson and Matt Dominick were set to perform the International Space Station’s (ISS) 90th extravehicular activity (EVA 90) on June 13, and had already been outfitted with the majority of their spacesuits when the

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is holding a virtual public meeting this evening (June 17) about the potential environmental impact of SpaceX’s Starship operations in Florida, and you can participate online. SpaceX wants to launch its giant Starship megarocket from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Florida’s Space Coast. The FAA