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After falling short of plans to begin launches in 2019, Virgin Orbit now expects to perform its first orbital launch attempt in early 2020, a key year for the burgeoning small launch vehicle industry. SpaceNews.com

The people of Earth weren't the only ones ringing in 2020 at midnight. Six explorers in orbit celebrated the new year's arrival aboard the International Space Station.

A year after New Horizons buzzed its second target, Arrokoth, a wealth of science has been revealed.

Ten years, measured in words on astrobiology, exoplanetsand the cosmos in general --

The head of India's space agency confirmed Jan. 1 that it will attempt a second lunar landing, making that mission one of the top priorities of India's space program. SpaceNews.com

The International Space Station orbits 267 miles above the Earth as the Sun's glint beams over the Philippine Sea highlighting the clouds and their shadows during an orbital sunrise....

NASA astronauts (left to right) Christina Koch and Jessica Meir harvested Mizuna mustard greens on Thanksgiving day inside the ESA (European Space Agency) laboratory module's VEGGIE facility....

Six humans from three countries will ring in the new year 16 times tonight from an average altitude of about 260 miles above the Earth's surface....

Lake Guiers and the Senegal River separating the African nations of Senegal and Mauritania are pictured as the International Space Station orbited 257 miles in altitude off the Atlantic coast....