China launched separate sets of Earth-observation and “Internet of Things” satellites into orbit on Friday (Sept. 20) on two different missions. The action began at 12:11 a.m EDT (0411 GMT, or 12:11 p.m. Beijing time) on Friday, when a Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Taiyuan...

The pieces are in place for SpaceX’s Crew-9 astronaut mission, which is set to launch this week. NASA’s Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov arrived at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Saturday (Sept. 21). The duo will fly to the International space Station (ISS)...

Life remains busy in orbit for China’s astronauts with a range of drills, maintenance and experiments to carry out. The Shenzhou 18 crew — Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu — currently aboard the Tiangong space station recently went through a depressurization drill, as seen in new footage...

Two Russian cosmonauts have returned to Earth after a record-long stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), but for one of them, the past 374 days has amounted to barely a third of his total time spent in space. Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, along with NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell...

This week, NASA is sending up a rescue mission to the International Space Station. On Thursday (Sept. 26), NASA astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos will launch to the International space Station (ISS) on SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission. Two...

We finally have a glimpse of the first-ever samples collected from the far side of the moon. The first paper on the samples collected from China’s Chang’e 6 lunar probe reveals that the specimens differ in some ways from those collected from the moon’s near side. Thus, they could...

NASA is seeking the public’s help for innovative solutions to help Artemis astronauts navigate in and around the lunar south pole. The Artemis program aims to land humans on the moon for the first time since the Apollo missions managed to achieve the feat over 50 years ago. Astronauts will...

Botswana’s first satellite, BotSat-1, has achieved a significant milestone as it continues progressing towards its anticipated launch in early 2025. The satellite, currently being developed through a collaboration between EnduroSat, a Bulgarian satellite manufacturer, and the Botswana International...

Boeing is getting a new space chief. Ted Colbert will no longer be CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, one of the aerospace giant’s subdivisions, according to media reports. Those reports cite a staff memo circulated today (Sept. 20) by Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, who took the top job...