Starry Chandelier Cluster – NASA

Blue Origin’s New Glenn explodes on its launchpad at Cape Canaveral. Credit: @JConcilus via AP During an evening test fire on May 28, 2026, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded, engulfing the launchpad in a massive fireball. The spectacular fire, caught on video, not only destroyed the rocket but also appears to have significantly…

Jeff Seibert, our video editor, recorded the Artemis II launch. Here are his photos and video. We hope you find them as amazing as do we. Jeff had three cameras in the image below. NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission…

Week of January 18 The Orion spacecraft, consisting of the crew module, crew module adapter, and service module, that will fly four astronauts to the Moon on the Artemis II mission in the spring of 2025 is considerably advanced over its Artemis I sibling. The differences of the Artemis I and Artemis II Orion spacecraft…

What should the aftermath of an exploding star look like? You would expect a vast cloud of shattered debris and hot gas, blazing at first and then slowly, steadily cooling over thousands of years. So when astronomers turned NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory on a nearby galaxy, they were surprised to find dozens of these supposed…

WASHINGTON — French startup Latitude intends to perform the first launch of its small launch vehicle from a spaceport in Oman in late 2027. The company announced July 1 that it signed a letter of intent with Etlaq Spaceport to use that launch site in Oman for an “experimental” first launch of its rocket. The…

Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on the Starfall Demo mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on June 23, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update June 23, 10:01 a.m. EDT (1401 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the Starfall capsule. As the sun rose over Florida’s Space Coast on…