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Ask any space explorer, and they'll have a favorite photograph or two from their mission. For Ken Farley, the project scientist for NASA's Perseverance rover, one of his current favorites is a color image of "South Seít...

Astronomers use the rings to study remote galaxies and to measure the masses of the objects that create them.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Megan McArthur works on the Cardinal Muscle investigation in the Life Sciences Glovebox aboard the International Space Station....

Blue Origin completed its 17th successful flight with their New Shepard launch vehicle today, which was also the spacecraft's 8th consecutive launch. The post Another Flight for New Shepard, No Passengers This Time appea...

Amazon is urging the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss SpaceX's revised plans for its second-generation Starlink constellation, saying they are too broad and speculative. SpaceNews

Defense Department satellite programs are feeling the effects of the widespread microchip shortage that has stymied carmakers and consumer electronic manufacturers. SpaceNews

The head of the European Space Agency says plans are moving forward to host a European space summit early next year to discuss proposals for new major space initiatives. SpaceNews

More than 50 years after its pressurized writing instruments first entered orbit, Fisher Space Pen and its late founder are entering the Space Technology Hall of Fame.

SpaceX has fired up the rocket that will ferry its next cargo shipment to the International Space Station early Saturday morning.

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) experiment was performed aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket today, which launched from Van Horn, Texas. Five variations of the tapered liquid acquisition device (LAD)...

In its search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is once again preparing to collect the first of many rock core samples that could eventually be brought to Earth for further study.

The Biden administration plans to revise both the charter and the membership of the National Space Council's advisory group to better reflect its priorities. SpaceNews

After 17 successful flights to space and back, Blue Origin is ready to move its launch operations to your backyard. The company, which was founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, announced an Estes's model rocket version of i...

Massive crowds converged at Hamid Karzai International Airport before explosions there killed and injured dozens on Thursday (Aug. 26).

Blue Origin launched artwork painted on a capsule and a moon-landing navigation experiment into space Thursday, a month after sending founder Jeff Bezos on the company's first passenger flight.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has successfully completed its final tests and is being prepared for shipment to its launch site at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

China's commercial space sector has been expanding rapidly ever since the central government opened space to private capital, but activity appears to be slowing. SpaceNews

Hero Collector is launching a new "Star Trek: The Original Series" retrospective hardcover on Sept. 21 in time for the show's 55th birthday

SpaceX is adding laser terminals on all future Starlink satellites and is the reason behind a break in launches for the broadband megaconstellation, president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell said. SpaceNews

A large fire tore through a scientific space research centre in northern Sweden on Thursday, destroying part of the rocket launch pad, officials said.

Humans have relied on forests and trees--for shelter, food, and fuel--from the earliest times. As technology has advanced, timber has been utilized for buildings, ships, and railroads. And now we may be on the verge of t...

Blue Origin launched a New Shepard suborbital vehicle Aug. 25 on a mission carrying research and educational payloads as the company prepares for its next crewed flight. SpaceNews