Latest Starship flight prompts praise and worries at IAC
For many of the more than 11,000 participants at the International Astronautical Congress this year, the biggest news of the week-long conference was not anything that took place within the…
New Simulation Will Help Future Missions Collect Moon Dust
In this decade and the next, multiple space agencies will send crewed missions to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. These missions will culminate in the…
SpaceX launches 20 Eutelsat OneWeb broadband satellites to orbit
SpaceX launched another set of Eutelsat OneWeb internet satellites to space early Sunday morning (Oct. 20).
‘Starfield: Shattered Space’ is outlandish enough, but won’t alter your perception of the game (review)
The first Starfield expansion has a more traditional flavor to it, yet the core issues and limitations remain untouched, so it won’t convince skeptics.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 133 —Red Moon Rising
On Episode 133 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Greg Autry on the progress of the Artemis moon program, space science, and the challenges posed by…
NASA’s next-generation Nancy Roman Space Telescope aces crucial ‘spin test’
NASA recently put a crucial part of the Roman Space Telescope through a rigorous “spin test” designed to evaluate its resilience against the forces of its planned 2027 launch.
Watch SpaceX’s Starship come down for nighttime splashdown during epic test flight (video)
A new video shows the upper stage of SpaceX’s Starship coming down for a nocturnal splashdown during its fifth test flight.
Ground systems could delay Artemis 2 launch
Refurbishment of ground systems like a mobile launch platform could become another factor in the schedule for the Artemis 2 mission that NASA says is still planned for launch next…
New ‘Dune: Prophecy’ trailer unveils the prequel series’ grand scope (video)
HBO Max released a new trailer for “Dune: Prophecy” at New York Comic Con 2024, revealing the series to be just as epic as the films.
US Space Force awards SpaceX $730 million to launch at least 9 national-security missions
The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX $730 million to launch at least nine national security missions, seven of them for the Space Development Agency.