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SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California’s central coast today (Jan. 21). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 10:45 a.m. EST (1545 GMT; 7:45 a.m. local time). The Falcon 9’s first stage returned to Earth about eight minutes after liftoff […]

The space shuttle and International Space Station are set to launch onto dollar coins in celebration of the advancements made by two states. The United States Mint has released the designs of the Florida and Texas entries in the American Innovation $1 Coin Program. The coins are among the four to be released in 2025,

German launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has taken a step towards a first launch by gaining a first-ever license to vertically launch an orbital rocket from mainland Europe. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is working towards a first launch of its RFA ONE rocket from SaxaVord Spaceport on the Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland.

An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth’s orbit in the U.N.’s sustainable development goals. The researchers — led by experts from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Plymouth in the U.K. and the University of Texas at Austin — think that adding space to

One of the most photographed objects in the night sky is the Ring Nebula, wreckage of a bygone sun-like star about 2,000 light-years from Earth. Its striking, smoke-ring-like appearance has both awed and puzzled astronomers, who have long debated whether this remnant truly takes on a ring shape or if its appearance is merely an

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world’s most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by light pollution due to a planned renewable energy project. The U.S. energy company AES Energy wants to build a large renewable hydrogen manufacturing complex in Chile, only a few kilometers from the summit of Mount Paranal,

SpaceX is set to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites Monday (Jan. 20), four days after a test flight of the company’s Starship megarocket ended in an explosion. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink craft is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base Sunday, during a four-hour window that

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will soon start getting back to normal operations after weathering the raging L.A. fires. JPL lies at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains just north of Los Angeles and was threatened by the Eaton Fire, which has devastated neighboring communities such as Altadena. The center — NASA’s lead facility

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requiring an investigation into what went wrong during the seventh-ever test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket yesterday (Jan. 16). The launch, from SpaceX‘s Starbase site in South Texas, went well at first. Starship got off the pad successfully, and its two stages — the Super Heavy booster and

Europe is moving towards the second launch of its new Ariane 6 launcher after finding and addressing anomalies following its debut flight. Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), presented plans and updates on the agency’s work during an annual press briefing on Jan. 9. The event also drew questions on the