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Space Force awards third consecutive NSSL Phase 3 task order to SpaceX for 2027 launch The post SpaceX scores $81.6 million Space Force contract to launch weather satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.

The challenge of building habitats on the Moon is considerable, mainly because most additive manufacturing (aka. 3-D printing) techniques are not feasible. By utilizing a 3-D printing method known as light-based sinterin...

How do you search for a substance that doesn't give off any kind of light, but its gravitational influence shapes galaxies? That's the challenge researchers face as they try to find and explain the mysterious substance c...

A Rocket Lab Electron placed an undisclosed satellite into orbit June 28 on the company's second launch within 48 hours and fourth this month. The post Rocket Lab launches second Electron within 48 hours appeared first o...

George Lucas had big plans for a live-action TV series before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 -- so what happened?

On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ Gemer of Lunar Outpost, a fast-moving company innovating in cislunar technology.

Spacecraft violently shake, rattle, and roll on their way into space aboard a giant explosion. Therefore, they must also be tested to make sure they can withstand those forces before getting to their orbit for deployment...

Scientists are constantly finding new ways to look at things, and that's especially true for objects that represent an outlier of their specific type. Adjectives like "biggest", "brightest", or "fastest spinning" all see...

Quasars provide some of the most spectacular light shows in the universe. However, they are typically exceedingly rare since they are caused by massive astrophysical forces that don't happen very often. So it came as qui...

The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious

The Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4) crew flying aboard SpaceX's Dragon "Grace" docked to the International Space Station beginning a two-week stay on the orbiting laboratory with the Expedition 73 crew.

The 50th and final liftoff of Japan's H-2A rocket is set to launch the GOSAT-GW satellite on Saturday (June 28).

New research published in Physical Review Letters suggests that superconducting magnets used in dark matter detection experiments could function as highly precise gravitational wave detectors, thereby establishing an ent...

Cheap, uninsured satellites are creating more space junk -- and it's starting to rain down on our heads.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with 27 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on the first of two launches scheduled for Saturday, June 28, 2025.

Dancing dinosaurs? Learn what dinosaur tracks tell us about theropod dance and mating moves.