Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 8:27 a.m. ET, just over an hour before SpaceX went public on the NASDAQ stock market.

Japan successfully completed its first mission with its H3 rocket since a launch failure last year resulted in the loss of a payload.

As the US military readies for two 2027 missions to test spacecraft maneuvering, a new challenge with orbital warehouses aims to beef up space infrastructure.

A spacecraft was recently prepped for encapsulation inside of its rocket at one of NASA's launch facilities ahead of its launch to save another satellite.

A part of Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS broke in May, requiring repairs by spacewalking astronauts no earlier than June 30. A spare is already on the station.

À quelques mois de leur lancement , les satellites Sentinel-3C et Flex achèvent leurs derniers essais chez Thales Alenia Space à Cannes. Le premier assurera la continuité de la surveillance des océans, des glaces et des phénomènes environnementaux à l’échelle mondiale, tandis que le second inaugurera une nouvelle capacité d’observation de la photosynthèse depuis l’espace pour mieux comprendre l’impact du changement climatique sur les écosystèmes terrestres.

With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut.

À la veille de son entrée en Bourse historique, SpaceX promet un futur où l’humanité vivrait entre la Terre et Mars, voyagerait en fusée et déplacerait ses centres de données dans l’espace. Mais de nombreux experts doutent du calendrier, voire de la faisabilité, de certains de ces projets portés par Elon Musk.

Le nouveau satellite MTG-I2 d’Eumetsat s’apprête à rejoindre l’espace pour renforcer la surveillance météorologique de l’Europe et de l’Afrique du Nord. Grâce à des images quatre fois plus fréquentes et plus précises, cette nouvelle génération de satellites météorologiques promet une détection plus rapide des tempêtes, inondations, feux de forêt et autres phénomènes extrêmes, devenus plus fréquents sous l’effet du changement climatique.

Liftoff of the Falcon 9 was at 11:05 a.m. EDT on Thursday (June 11) as anticipation soared for SpaceX to debut on the NASDAQ.

Born in 1888, artist and illustrator Chesley Bonestell became famous for his realistic paintings of space. His work spanned decades and many formats and publications; perhaps most influential was his collaboration with Wernher von Brain on the 1952–54 Collier’s series, “Man Will Conquer Space Soon!” By making the stuff of science fiction seem achievable, his artwork helpedContinue reading "June 11, 1986: Chesley Bonestell dies"

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The new space race is smaller and messier than we anticipated.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlined more details for his company’s planned data centers in space ahead of a widely anticipated IPO on Friday (June 12) expected to make him a trillionaire.

SpaceX doit réaliser le 12 juin la plus importante introduction en Bourse jamais enregistrée, avec une valorisation annoncée de 1.765 milliards de dollars. Si l'engouement des investisseurs est exceptionnel, plusieurs analystes s'interrogent sur la rentabilité réelle du géant spatial d'Elon Musk.

The four astronauts named to the Artemis 3 crew are all male, but NASA officials emphasized they were selected based on their qualifications and experience.

A morphable moon robot operated for 100 minutes in 2024, allowing investigators to get images of an upside-down spacecraft on the lunar surface.

Planetary scientists analyzing a lunar meteorite known as Northwest Africa (NWA) 12593 have uncovered evidence of an asteroid impact that occurred 3.5 billion years ago on the Moon, helping to reconstruct a period of intense bombardment that left lasting marks across the inner Solar System.

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NASA's Artemis 3 mission in 2027 looks to be one of agency's most complicated missions ever, with three giant rocket launches and two private moon lander prototypes that haven't been built yet.

A new study analyzed how NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory might be able to confidently spot biosignatures in the atmosphere of a distant ancient Earth.

L'astronaute italien Luca Parmitano participera à la mission Artemis III de la Nasa, prévue en 2027. Aux côtés de trois astronautes américains, il devra tester les futurs alunisseurs de SpaceX et Blue Origin avant les premières tentatives d'alunissage habité du programme Artemis, désormais reportées à 2028.