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A black and white SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fires its engines in a test on a launch pad for Crew-9

SpaceX, NASA 'go' for 1st astronaut launch to ISS from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station pad

By Tariq Malik published

NASA and SpaceX cleared their Crew-9 astronaut flight to the International Space Station for launch, a Sept. 28 liftoff that will help return two Boeing Starliner astronauts home.

Launches & Spacecraft
spectators watch a white rocket launch into a blue sky from a ship anchored at sea, not far offshore

Chinese rocket launches 8 satellites to orbit from ship at sea (video, photos)

By Mike Wall published

A Chinese Smart Dragon-3 rocket launched from a sea-based platform on Sept. 23, carrying eight remote-sensing satellites to orbit.

Launches & Spacecraft
CAS Space's Kinetica-1 solid rocket lifts off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on Sept. 24.

China's CAS Space launches 5 satellites with its 4th rocket (video)

By Andrew Jones published

Commercial Chinese rocket maker CAS Space completed its fourth solid rocket launch on Tuesday (Sept. 24), sending five satellites to orbit.

Launches & Spacecraft
NASA astronaut Nick Hague (left) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who comprise SpaceX Crew-9.

SpaceX Crew-9 astronaut mission: Live updates

By Elizabeth Howell published

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station for NASA.

Human Spaceflight
A dazzling spiral galaxy of bright blue and dark red gasses with spurts of pink.

Hubble Space Telescope spies a spiral galaxy in a cosmic 'clock'

By Samantha Mathewson published

A dazzling new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a bright spiral galaxy on a diagonal tilt, resembling a pendulum swinging back and forth through space.

Hubble Space Telescope
Russian officials watch the harrowing Soyuz T-10-1 launch abort of cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Gennady Strekalov on Sept. 26, 1983.

On this day in space! Sept. 27, 1997: Last transmission from Mars Pathfinder

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On Sept. 27, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission beamed its very last data transmission back to Earth.

Space Shuttle
rows of starlink satellites in the lower left portion of the image with Earth in the background and a slither of black space in the lower right side of the image.

Starlink satellites: Facts, tracking and impact on astronomy

By Tereza Pultarova, Elizabeth Howell last updated

Reference Starlink satellites have been developed by SpaceX to provide internet to remote locations. Here we explore the controversial megaconstellation in more detail.

Reference
The vast blackness of space is filled with little points of light that are galaxies, one trapped in a white box, is magnifited in a larger white box in the middle.

Hubble Space Telescope suggests our ancient universe was surprisingly crowded with supermassive black holes

By Keith Cooper published

A 14-year Hubble Space Telescope study suggests the universe was teeming with supermassive black holes. But how could that be?

Hubble Space Telescope
A piece of space debris streaks with flame as it burns up in the atmosphere.

Europe will launch a satellite in 2027 just to watch it burn

By Andrew Jones published

The European Space Agency plans to launch a satellite called DRACO in 2027, then study how it breaks up during its fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

Satellites
a white rocket stands at a launchpad surrounded by four tall lightning towers against an orange sky.

How to watch SpaceX's Crew-9 astronaut launch for NASA on Sept. 28

By Samantha Mathewson published

SpaceX plans to launch the Crew-9 astronaut mission for NASA on Saturday (Sept. 28), and you can watch the action live online.

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