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The launch of SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission last night (Sept. 15) brought the population of the final frontier to 14, one more than the previous high.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory:

SpaceX made history tonight as it launched a crew of private citizens on a jaunt around Earth.

The SpaceX mission seeks to raise some $200 million dollars for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

A 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding the origins of a famous supernova first spotted over China in 1181AD has finally been solved, according to an international team of astronomers....

L3Harris Technologies on Sept. 16 opened a classified facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where the company will assemble and test satellites for U.S. missile-defense programs. SpaceNews

What happens on land affects the oceans, and satellites can see it all unfold.

China's three astronauts are set to return home on Friday after two spacewalks and setting a new national record for longest crewed spaceflight mission.

It's an excellent week to go skywatching as the moon creeps up to the two largest planets in our solar system.

Astronauts, celebrities and regular folks around the globe shared their excitement about Inspiration4's successful launch last night (Sept. 15).

The evening of Aug. 1 felt a lot like a birthday to NASA planetary scientist Justin Simon. On that night, Simon attended a virtual watch party for researchers preparing to use NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to condu...

As the second stage engine of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket cut off, Hayley Arceneaux reached into a pouch strapped to her leg and pulled out a plush doll.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the blackness to the right, the only little bright spot is Pyongyang....

It's the next best thing to being on Mars: Two online interactive experiences let you check out Jezero Crater--the landing site and exploration locale for NASA's Perseverance rover--without leaving our planet.

Space situational awareness data used by satellite operators isn't accurate enough to support the decisions they need to make on whether and how to maneuver their spacecraft to avoid potential collisions. SpaceNews

Under a new agreement with U.S. defense contractor Peraton, OneWeb's satellite communications services will be more widely available to military users in hard-to-reach areas, including ships at sea. SpaceNews

The Inspiration4 mission, the first all-civilian spaceflight in history, has launched to space and raised millions of dollars for cancer research. The post SpaceX Launches Four Civilians to Space with Inspiration4! appea...

The Institute of Planetary Research at DLR (German Aerospace Center) is starting construction of a new Sample Analysis Laboratory (SAL) dedicated to the study of rock and dust samples from planetary bodies such as astero...

Small launch vehicle developer ABL Space Systems has won a contract to launch a NASA technology demonstration spacecraft in 2023. SpaceNews

Out of all planets in the solar system, Venus has the most volcanoes. Much of the planet is covered in volcanic deposits that are less than 300 million years old, and volcanic activity has played a pivotal role in its hi...

NASA Kennedy Space Center: The shipping container holding NASA's Lucy spacecraft is unloaded from a United States Air Force C-17 cargo plane, stationed out of Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina, on the runway of...

NASA will host a media teleconference Monday, Sept. 20, at 4 p.m. EDT, to announce the lunar landing site for the agency's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER).