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Boeing’s Starliner capsule has arrived at its orbital destination. Starliner reached the International Space Station (ISS) today (June 6), making contact with the orbiting lab at 1:34 p.m. EDT (1734 GMT) as the duo flew over the southern Indian Ocean. That was a bit later than originally planned. Starliner missed its first docking chance, at […]

The new moon of June 2024 occurs tonight, making this a great night to get and enjoy a sky free from the glare of the moon. New moons occur about every 28.5 days, as the moon passes between the sun and Earth on its journey around its orbit. More formally, a new moon is when

A mysterious pit on the flank of an ancient volcano on Mars has generated excitement recently because of what it could reveal beneath the surface of the Red Planet. Here’s what that means. First things first, the pit, which is only a few meters across, was actually imaged on Aug. 15, 2022 by NASA’s Mars

China’s Chang’e 6 mission continues to make history, having collected the first samples ever retrieved from the far side of the moon and now transferring those samples between spacecraft in orbit. That transfer was necessary for the next step in the samples’ journey — returning to Earth. The successful rendezvous and docking of the Chang’e

SpaceX bigwigs celebrated the arrival of a new American capsule on the human-spaceflight scene today (June 5). That spacecraft is Boeing’s Starliner, which is carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams toward the International Space Station (ISS) after launching this morning atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. “Congratulations on a successful

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Tuesday night (June 4), including 13 that can beam service directly to smartphones. The Starlink spacecraft took flight atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida tonight at 10:16 p.m. EDT (0216 GMT on June 5). The Falcon 9’s first

Rocket Lab launched the second of two cubesats for NASA’s PREFIRE climate change mission on Tuesday night (June 4). An Electron rocket topped with the tiny satellite lifted off from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site Tuesday at 11:15 p.m. EDT (0315 GMT and 3:15 p.m. local New Zealand time on June 5). Tonight’s launch was

Boeing’s Starliner capsule is scheduled to launch astronauts for the first time ever on June 1 and you’ll be able to watch it live online. Space fans will be glued to their screens for the historic liftoff, which will send NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams toward the International Space Station (ISS) atop a United

Japan plans to launch the world’s first wooden satellite this September. The experimental satellite, called LignoSat, was developed by researchers at Kyoto University and the Japanese logging company Sumitomo Forestry. It is set to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) in September, after which it will be deployed into orbit, according to the Japan

China’s Chang’e 6 lander has sent home stunning images of the lunar surface on the mysterious far side of the moon. Additionally, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released stunning footage that shows the lunar far side samples the lander has been collecting over the past two days. The samples were launched to orbit