SpaceX launched 20 Starlink internet satellites from California early Saturday morning (Nov. 9). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft — 13 of which had direct-to-cell capability — lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:14 a.m. EST (0514 GMT; 10:14 p.m. Nov. 8 local time)...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft set a new speed record during its latest test flight. The Colorado company is working through a flight test program of the XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft, which completed its most recent test flight on Nov. 5. This was the seventh out of 10 planned...

The International Space Station is going a just tiny bit faster today, after receiving an orbital boost from SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. SpaceX’s 31st commercial resupply mission lifted off Nov. 4, launching a Dragon cargo vehicle to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS)...

Russia launched 53 small satellites into orbit on Monday (Nov. 4), a mix of Russian and international spacecraft. A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage lifted off from the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East at 6:18 p.m. EST on Monday (2318 GMT; or 2:18 a.m. on Nov. 5 local...

Space specialists in China have begun to assess experiment samples brought back by the Shenzhou-18 crew that touched down Nov. 4 in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu parachuted back to Earth after their six-month stay in the country’s Tiangong space...

NASA’s revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing towards its first flight test. Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA’s X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been conducting test runs of the jet’s engines at the storied Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility...

SpaceX will boost the space station for the first time Friday (Nov. 8), as the company prepares to eventually kill the orbiting complex. A Dragon cargo spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) will fire its engines for 12.5 minutes on Friday (Nov. 8), NASA officials said at a press...

On November 5, 2024, Ghana officially launched its National Space Policy, memorialising a significant milestone in its growing space sector. The policy aims to harness the power of space technology and leverage it to propel economic growth, enhance national security, and ensure sustainable...

SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday afternoon (Nov. 7) from Florida’s Space Coast. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday during a four-hour window that opens...