This Week In Space podcast: Episode 162 — Lunar Landing Day
On Episode 162 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the effort to make July 20 a national holiday called “Lunar Landing Day.”
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Space Force base in California, lands on ship at sea (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight (May 9), carrying 26 Starlink satellites for the company’s growing constellation.
SpaceX blames Starship Flight 8 mishap on engine hardware failure
The failure of SpaceX’s Starship on its most recent test flight had a different root cause than the previous failure, despite happening at about the same time. The post SpaceX…
What time is SpaceX’s Starship Flight 9 launch on May 27?
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Raytheon secures $380 million contract extension for GPS ground control system
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Astronomers Conduct a Preliminary Search for Exoplanets Around Alpha Centauri
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Venus, Saturn and the moon dazzle at dawn in ‘romantic’ photo from Chew Valley Lake (photo)
It was a race against the rising sun as astrophotographer Josh Dury captured a fleeting cosmic moment before dawn’s light washed the scene away.
NASA Awards Project Support Bridge Contract
Credit: NASA NASA has awarded a bridge contract to ASRC Federal System Solutions LLC of Beltsville, Maryland, to provide financial support and project planning and control services to the agency.…
Lightning from above | Space photo of the day for May 23, 2025
NASA astronaut Anne McClain shared photos she captured of lightning as seen from her place on board the International Space Station.
Impulse Space to launch SES satellites
Impulse Space has signed an agreement with satellite operator SES to transport that company’s satellites to medium and geostationary orbits. The post Impulse Space to launch SES satellites appeared first…