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Blue Origin postponed the launch debut of its second human-rated spacecraft today (Oct. 13), nearly a week after technical issues thwarted its first launch attempt. Jeff Bezos‘ aerospace company hoped to launch its uncrewed NS-27 mission at 9:27a.m. EDT (1327 GMT) on Sunday to send a brand-new New Shepard rocket-capsule combo on a brief trip …

Blue Origin Delays Debut Launch Of 2nd Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket Due To GPS Glitch. Read More »

SpaceX’s Crew-8 astronauts will have to wait a bit longer to begin their trip home to Earth after plans to depart the International Space Station Sunday morning (Oct. 13) were postponed by bad weather at their splashdown site.. Crew-8’s Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, was scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) at 7:05 …

SpaceX’s Crew-8 Astronauts To Depart ISS For Trip Home Soon Amid Weather Delays. Read More »

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket a green light to return to flight. The Falcon 9 had been grounded since Sept. 28, when the rocket suffered an issue with its upper stage during the launch of the Crew-9 astronaut mission for NASA. (A Falcon 9 did launch Europe’s …

FAA Clears SpaceX To Resume Falcon 9 Rocket Launches. Read More »

A nearby alien planet is the first of its kind, new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest. Located around 100 light-years away from Earth, the exoplanet is shrouded in a thick envelope of steam. This world, designated GJ 9827 d, is around twice the size of Earth, three times more massive than our …

Nearby Exoplanet Is A 1st-Of-Its-Kind ‘Steam World,’ James Webb Space Telescope Finds. Read More »

The U.S. military’s X-37B space plane is about to begin a series of novel maneuvers, according to a rare official update on the spacecraft. The robotic X-37B has been in a highly elliptical, undisclosed orbit for 10 months since launching on its seventh mission on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in late December last year. …

Space Force’s Mysterious X-37B Space Plane To Attempt New ‘Aerobraking’ Maneuvers In Orbit. Read More »

NASA’s Artemis 3 mission is slated to launch in September 2026, sending four astronauts to the moon’s south polar region. Those explorers — and their colleagues on subsequent Artemis missions — will carry out a number of research projects, gathering data that will help scientists better understand the origin, history and evolution of the moon. Part …

New Artemis Moon Camera Gets 1st Field Test. Read More »

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 …

Hurricane Milton Bears Down On Florida With Category 5 Strength In New ISS Footage. Read More »

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 …

SpaceX Says Its Next Starship Launch Could fly As Early As Oct. 13, Pending FAA Approval. Read More »

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 …

Blue Origin Scrubs Debut Launch of 2nd Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket. Read More »

A unique asteroid mission is underway. The European Space Agency‘s Hera mission launched today (Oct. 7) at 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 GMT), riding a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in coastal Florida. ESA’s Hera spacecraft soared into a cloudy sky above Florida to begin a multimillion-mile trek across the solar …

SpaceX Rocket Launches Europe’s Hera Planetary Defense Probe To Visit Asteroid Smacked By NASA. Read More »