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Few sights are as memorable as Venus, the brightest planet, passing very close to a crescent moon in a twilight sky. Such an event may have inspired the symbols on the flag of Turkey or the famous lines penned by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner:” Till clomb above the eastern bar […]

SpaceX launched a private cargo spacecraft toward the International Space Station (ISS) today (Aug. 4), on the company’s second liftoff of the day. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Cygnus freighter lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at 11:02 a.m. EDT (1502 GMT) after a one-day delay caused by bad

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit early Sunday (Aug. 4), continuing a busy stretch for the company. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday at 3:24 a.m. EDT (0724 GMT; 12:24 a.m. local California time). The Falcon 9’s first

SpaceX will launch a private robotic cargo craft toward the International Space Station (ISS) this morning (Aug. 3), and you can watch it live. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus freighter from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at 11:29 a.m. EDT (1529 GMT). It’s unclear if Mother

Rocket Lab launched a sharp-eyed Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit today (Aug. 2). An Electron vehicle lifted off from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site today at 12:39 p.m. EDT (1639 GMT; 4:39 a.m. on Aug. 3 New Zealand time). The launch was originally targeted for Tuesday (July 30), but bad weather pushed it back a

An exercise device for the moon just had its first taste of microgravity. A flywheel design destined to fly on the Artemis 2 round-the-moon astronaut mission, no earlier than 2025, flew six parabolic flights in Canada during the week of July 15. Researchers flew in a business jet known as the Falcon 20, taking off

We now know who will fly on SpaceX‘s Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) next year. On Thursday (Aug. 1), NASA revealed the four astronauts of Crew-10, which will launch toward the ISS no earlier than February 2025. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers will command and pilot the mission, respectively. Japan’s Takuya

CubeSpace, a leading satellite component manufacturer, has announced its acquisition of Dawn Dusk, a satellite simulation software company. This strategic move integrates Dawn Dusk’s advanced satellite simulator with CubeSpace’s offerings, enhancing services for CubeSpace’s growing customer base. Furthermore, the integration will enable CubeSpace customers to simulate satellite control systems on the ground before launch, increasing

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit early Friday (Aug. 2), continuing the company’s bounceback from a July 11 failure. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink craft lifted off from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday at 1:01 a.m. EDT (0501 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage returned

NASA and SpaceX are looking to launch the Crew-9 mission around the middle of this month. Crew-9, SpaceX‘s next astronaut launch to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, is currently set for Aug. 18. The four astronauts that will be on board are commander Zena Cardman, pilot Nick Hague, mission specialist Stephanie Wilson and