European Space Agency launches Proba-3 to create an artificial solar eclipse and study the sun’s atmosphere, the corona.
Jared Isaacman, who made the first private spacewalk in September, is among latest picks by US-president elect.
The president-elect travelled to Texas with SpaceX CEO to watch the latest test of the billionaire’s Starship rocket.
This supermoon will reach its peak brightness on Friday at 4:29pm Eastern Time (21:29 GMT).
The Iranian-made satellites, Kowsar and Hodhod, were successfully placed into orbit by a Russian Soyuz-2.1 spacecraft.
Europa Clipper is headed to Jupiter’s moon, Europa, where an ocean is thought to lie below the surface.
SpaceX launches enormous rocket on boldest test flight yet, catching returning booster back at pad with mechanical arms.
Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions.
An annular solar eclipse known as the “ring of fire” was seen across parts of South America and Pacific islands.
The space agency has out-of-this-world aims to grow ‘hotels’ and other structures using mushrooms and lunar dust.
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The Dragon spacecraft, by SpaceX, will reach the ISS on Sunday to bring back Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore.
Earth will get its very own ‘mini-moon’ which will remain in orbit for two months later this year.
NASA says this month’s full moon will rise on September 17 at 10:35pm EDT (02:35 GMT on September 18).
SpaceX capsule splashes down in Gulf of Mexico near Florida after historic mission, carrying tech billionaire and crew.
