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Senate defense appropriators criticized the practice by some agencies of procuring launch services directly from commercial providers. SpaceNews

Another main cable that supports the Arecibo Observatory broke last week, falling onto the reflector dish and causing more damage. This is the second time a cable has snapped on the iconic radio observatory in just three...

The seasonal ozone hole over the Antarctic will persist well into November, according to satellite and weather balloon observations from NASA and NOAA.

Image: Science regularly requires maintenance, and the European Physiology Module (EPM) on board the International Space Station needed the latest fix. Located in the European Columbus laboratory, the refrigerator-sized ...

Massive explosions of energy happening thousands of light-years from Earth may have left traces in our planet's biology and geology, according to new research by University of Colorado Boulder geoscientist Robert Brakenr...

It is thought that over 1,000 kilograms of so-called interplanetary dust falls to Earth every day. This dust is produced by an untold number of small faint meteors, discarded remnants of asteroids and comets that pass by...

SpaceX's next astronaut flight for NASA is "go" for launch this weekend. The company has been certified for regular flights to and from the International Space Station.

Three NASA crew and one Japanese astronaut are set for launch aboard a SpaceX rocket Saturday, bound for the International Space Station in the program's first six-month routine mission since the United States resumed cr...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States is evaluating nearly $2 billion in applications to finance space industry sales as it seeks to return to a field that has changed significantly over the last few years. SpaceNe...

A Senate appropriations bill would provide NASA with only a small fraction of the funding it requested for lunar lander development, putting any chance of returning humans to the moon by 2024 in jeopardy. SpaceNews

President-elect Joe Biden has announced the team that will bring him up to speed on all things NASA ahead of his January 2021 inauguration.

As SpaceX prepares to extend its Starlink beta test program to Canada, Telesat remains optimistic its broadband low Earth orbit constellation will find enough business to be successful. SpaceNews

Video: 00:03:00 Final preparations are underway in California for the launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, a joint European and US satellite designed to take precise measurements of sea-level change. The satellite form...

Luxembourg-based Kleos Space raised $13.8 million following the Nov. 7 launch of its first cluster of radio frequency mapping satellites. SpaceNews

The EmDrive doesn't just violate our fundamental understanding of the universe; the experiments that claim to measure an effect haven't been replicated. When it comes to the EmDrive, keep dreaming.

Chang’e-5 has just one lunar day to collect material from a previously unexplored region of the moon’s near side --

Trains in Italy will be tracked and controlled via space to ensure they run in a safe, punctual and environmentally friendly way.

A draft policy on opening up India's space sector will bring transformational change, the chairman of the commercial arm of the Indian space agency said Nov. 10. SpaceNews

See some of the greatest hits from Leonid meteor showers over the years.

SpaceX's latest Starship prototype just fired its engines for the second time, potentially paving the way for a 9-mile-high (15 kilometers) test flight in the near future.

NASA formally certified SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft for transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station, clearing the way for a Nov. 14 launch. SpaceNews

The snow-capped peaks of the Andes Mountains in southern Chile, with General Carrera Lake at bottom left, are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited above South America....