Mars spiders have arrived on Earth. But fear not, arachnophobes — these “spiders” aren’t actual arachnids, but spider-like geological formations on the Martian surface. And NASA has just recreated them in a lab. Scientists first discovered these spider-like features, or araneiform...

The next space station astronaut mission will delay one day to Sept. 25. The delay in the SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is “to complete prelaunch preparations and ensure separation between operations”, NASA officials wrote in a Sept. 12 statement. If...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two European navigation satellites tonight (Sept. 17) and then landed safely, acing its 22nd mission. The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying two spacecraft for Europe’s Galileo satnav constellation, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida tonight...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to fine SpaceX more than $630,000 for allegedly failing to comply with regulations on two launches last year. “Safety drives everything we do at the FAA, including a legal responsibility for the safety oversight of companies with commercial...

Azercosmos, Azerbaijan’s space agency, has partnered with ABS, a global satellite operator, to launch Pay TV services for customers in Nigeria and West Africa. Azercosmos and ABS signed the agreement at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, which is taking...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been no stranger to taking things to the extreme since its launch on Christmas day 2021, observing early galaxies billions of light-years away that existed when the universe was at a fraction of its currently 13.8 billion-year life. Now, the powerful space...

Polaris Dawn has landed. The historic SpaceX astronaut mission — which conducted the first-ever private spacewalk, among other achievements —returned to Earth today (Sept. 15), splashing down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida at 3:36 a.m. EDT (0736 GMT). “Polaris Dawn we...

Pursuant to the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda, in its articles 116 and 112, His Excellency The President of the Republic, Paul Kagame, has appointed Hon. Mr Gaspard Twagirayezu as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rwanda Space Agency (RSA). This appointment was made on September...

A model of SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy rocket has passed NASA wind tunnel testing, marking another milestone in its development as part of plans to launch future Artemis missions to the moon. NASA tested a 1.2% scale model of the Super Heavy rocket in the transonic Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel...