​ Lawmakers call on NASA inspector general to investigate Goddard Space Flight Center as agency defends campus closures: Exclusive (Image Credit: Space.com) The fight over NASA’s premier center for space and Earth sciences trudges on, as lawmakers on

​ Rocket Lab launched a satellite for a mystery customer on Thursday morning (Nov. 20). The liftoff, which occurred at 7:43 a.m. EST (1243 GMT) from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site, came as something of a surprise. The company formally

​ More testing will be needed before SpaceX’s newest version of Starship gets off the ground. On Thursday (Nov. 20), SpaceX rolled out Booster 18, the first stage of the company’s first “Version 3” Starship megarocket, to begin its first

​ From measuring one’s mass to boosting the almost 1 million pounds (454,000 kilograms) that comprise the entire orbiting complex, the Expedition 73 crew aboard the International Space Station had a busy week in Earth orbit. Orbital observation It’s a

​ The fight over NASA’s premier center for space and Earth sciences trudges on, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill call for a formal investigation into the closing of critical campus facilities during the government shutdown. In a letter sent today

​ Another SpaceX launch, another milestone. A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight (Nov. 20) at 10:39 p.m. EST (0339 GMT on Nov. 21), carrying 29 of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites to orbit. It

​ NASA has reached one of its key steps on the road to returning humans to the moon, as NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team successfully lifted and integrated the Orion spacecraft atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The operation

​ Rocket returned, lightly used: Why Blue Origin’s landed New Glenn booster is so clean (Image Credit: Space.com) Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket aced its first-ever landing last week — and even managed to stay pretty, despite the