The Artemis II crew thanked NASA and its contractors in front of a crowd of over 8,000 on on Aug. 3, 2026 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado.
SpaceX launched two of its Falcon 9 rockets just 38 minutes apart on Saturday evening (Aug. 15), setting a new spaceflight record.
On Aug. 15, 1977, astronomers using Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope detected the famous “Wow!” signal, which remains unexplained to this day.
NASA announced today (Aug. 14) that it will hold a two-day aerospace expo this November — an event whose name should draw a chuckle from “Simpsons” fans.
Cards Against Humanity isn’t done with its scorched-Earth campaign against SpaceX and Elon Musk, and is planning to erect an “Elon Musk is a Sad Little B—– with No Friends” monument near SpaceX’s Starbase site.
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Rocket Lab $397 million to manufacture a new fleet of “Flatellites” designed to detect and track airborne threats from space.
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke has retired from NASA after 30 years of public service, leaving behind a legacy of accomplishments and leadership including two-time commander of the International Space Station and Chief of the Astronaut Office’s Commercial Crew Branch.
Northrop Grumman plans to take technology built into the HALO module for NASA’s canceled lunar space station and repurpose it to help develop the Artemis moon base.
Virgin Galactic has pushed the resumption of its commercial flights back by a few months, to February 2027. The company hasn’t been to space since June 2024.
The WorldView-3 Earth-observing satellite.