Despite complaints, NASA won't rename James Webb Space Telescope: report By Mike Wall NASA won't rename its highly anticipated James Webb Space Telescope, despite complaints that the moniker honors a man complicit in anti-gay discrimination.
On This Day in Space! Sept. 30, 2016: Rosetta spacecraft crashes into a comet By Hanneke Weitering On Sept. 30, 2016, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft purposely crashed into a comet.
Planned launch of 9 Japanese satellites scrubbed late in countdown By Mike Wall The planned launch of nine small satellites atop Japan's Epsilon rocket tonight (Sept. 30) was scrubbed due to an apparent issue with a ground station.
SpaceX Dragon cargo ship heads for Earth packed with gravity-sensitive experiments By Tereza Pultarova SpaceX's Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station packed full of science experiments after one month at the orbiting laboratory.
FAA clears Virgin Galactic to start flying again By Mike Wall The Federal Aviation Administration has wrapped up its six-week inquiry into the July 11 test flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane.
Watch live @ 8:45 am ET: SpaceX Dragon cargo craft departs space station By Space.com Staff SpaceX's uncrewed Dragon CRS-23 cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station and return to Earth on Thursday (Sept. 30), and you can watch it live here.
North Korea tests new hypersonic weapon: reports By Mike Wall North Korean state media declared the test of the Hwasong-8 a success, but outside experts are skeptical.
Chinese satellite declared lost following back-to-back launches Monday By Samantha Mathewson China launched two missions on Monday within only a few hours of each other, and one has been declared lost.
Elon Musk scorns Jeff Bezos' lawsuit on NASA moon lander By Meghan Bartels SpaceX founder Elon Musk isn't impressed by his rival Jeff Bezos' legal approach to a moon shot.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity aborted latest flight attempt because of anomaly By Mike Wall NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity didn't get off the ground as planned earlier this month.
From poo politics to rubbish disposal: 5 big questions about the International Space Station becoming a movie set By Alice Gorman This is an exciting — if controversial — development for the station, which orbits around 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth.
NASA's record-breaking Lucy asteroid mission gearing up for October launch By Mike Wall Lucy is scheduled to launch Oct. 16, kicking off a landmark mission that will see the probe get up close and personal with eight different space rocks over the next dozen years.
3D-printed rocket engines: The technology driving the private sector space race By Oliver Hitchens The volatile nature of space rocket engines means that many early prototypes end up embedded in dirt banks or decorating the tops of any trees that are unfortunate enough to neighbor testing sites.
Stuffed cow guards China's space station ahead of Shenzhou 13 crew arrival next month By Andrew Jones A stuffed cow is currently a lone occupant of the Chinese Tianhe space station, waiting to be joined by the crew of the upcoming Shenzhou 13 mission.
NASA Mars missions facing 2-week communications blackout as sun blocks Red Planet By Elizabeth Howell NASA plans to pause most of its Martian work in October for safety reasons associated with the Red Planet's position in space.
Chinese commercial satellite has been spotting meteors and aurora By Andrew Jones A small Chinese commercial satellite has been detecting meteors impacting the atmosphere and even filming the aurora.
3 astronauts move Soyuz to new space station dock ahead of film crew arrival By Tereza Pultarova Cosmonauts at the International Space Station relocated the Russian Soyuz MS-18 crew capsule on Tuesday to make space for the arrival of Soyuz MS-19 next week with a Russian film crew aboard.
Mars on the cheap: Scientists working to revolutionize access to the Red Planet By Leonard David An increasing number of researchers are blueprinting low-cost and novel ways to further explore the Red Planet.
Russian film crew set to launch to International Space Station next week By Mike Wall Director Klim Shipenko, actor Yulia Peresild and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov are scheduled to launch toward the orbiting lab aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on Oct. 5.
In photos: NASA launches Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite By Hanneke Weitering NASA launched its powerful new Landsat 9 Earth-observing satellite into orbit on Sept. 27, 2021, on a mission to monitor our planet's land resources.
