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Nanoracks, its majority owner Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin, will collaborate on the development of a commercial space station as others in industry warn of a potential space station gap. SpaceNews

The FAA held two public hearings this week about its environmental assessment of SpaceX's orbital launch activities in South Texas. People voiced strong opinions, both pro and con.

NASA said Friday it is now targeting February 2022 for the uncrewed lunar mission Artemis 1, the first step in America's plan to return humans to the Moon later this decade.

China just launched what is planned to be its longest crewed mission to date, but the next spacecraft in the series is ready to blast off should the Shenzhou 13 astronauts need rescuing.

China's Tianwen 1 orbiter and Zhurong rover are once again active at Mars following a communications blackout caused by the sun interfering with radio signals sent from Earth.

One of the youngest planets ever found around a distant infant star has been discovered by an international team of scientists led by University of Hawai i at Mānoa faculty, students, and alumni.

China's reported tests of a hypersonic orbital glide vehicle show notable advances in reusable space technology, an industry expert said. SpaceNews

Space Adventures has dropped plans to fly space tourists on a high-altitude Crew Dragon flight but has not ruled out revisiting the mission concept in the future. SpaceNews

University of California San Diego Physics Professor Tom Murphy is among five authors of an essay, appearing in the November 2021 issue of the journal Energy Research & Social Science, that cautions current levels of wor...

NASA has completed stacking of the agency's mega-Moon rocket and spacecraft that will launch the next generation of deep space operations, including Artemis missions on and around the Moon. Engineers and technicians succ...

NASA wants more private-sector firms to ferry its astronauts up into space, including missions to and from the International Space Station.

Media accreditation is open for the upcoming launch of NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, which will measure polarized X-rays from exotic cosmic objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, to b...

NASA has awarded $28 million to fund the next five years of research infrastructure development across 28 jurisdictions.

The (first and only) trailer for the second season of Apple TV+'s "Snoopy in Space" has arrived and it's the epic animated interstellar adventure you didn't know you needed.

A spacecraft that usually seeks new worlds saw a white dwarf suddenly switch "off" with a swift drop in brightness. Then it switched back on again.

From the Valve Index to the Oculus Quest 2, these are the best VR headsets money can buy.

Here's our roundup of the best cameras for astrophotography. Whether you love DSLRs, mirrorless, or dedicated astro cameras, we've got something for everybody

How do astronauts in space celebrate holidays and big moments?

Video: 00:04:28 Time lapse of the stacking ofthe Orion spacecrafton top ofthe fully assembled Space Launch System (SLS) rocket atNASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 21 October 2021, in preparation for the uncrewed...

A "massive" black hole (MBH) is one whose mass is more than about one hundred thousand solar-masses. MBHs reside at the centers of most galaxies, and when they actively accrete gas and dust onto their surrounding hot dis...

Dune is streaming on HBO Max for 31 days so you don't have to go to the theatres to watch it.