Rocket Lab will launch its ninth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS this morning (Aug. 20), and you can watch the action live.
A private spacecraft tasked with boosting the orbit of NASA’s Swift Observatory has failed in its mission, meaning the telescope will crash back to Earth later this year.
A pen-sized apparatus called a “laundry gun” could sterilize astronauts’ clothes in space.
A mysterious incident over the South Pacific forced a U.S. Air Force aircraft to turn around on Aug. 18, due to a possible space debris hazard.
On Aug. 19, 1997, the Philippines launched its own satellite for the first time.
The Beijing-based company LandSpace landed its Zhuque-3 rocket this evening (Aug. 18), notching a huge milestone for commercial Chinese spaceflight.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and first female French spacewalker Sophie Adenot removed a failed antenna but ran out of time to install its replacement at the International Space Station, Aug. 18, 2026.
After Starship’s test launch and splashdown last month, SpaceX recovery teams have successfully tugged the vehicle through a turbulent stretch of the Indian Ocean and arrived at calmer waters off the coast of Christmas Island.
SpaceX launched its 100th mission of the year early Wednesday morning (Aug. 19), sending 24 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.
Spaceflight can do strange things to the human body — including making it harder for astronauts to poop.