A U.S.-Russian crew of three launched Thursday to the International Space Station.

South Korea on Wednesday launched one of its domestically developed Nuri rockets on a mission to put 13 satellites into orbit. The three-stage rocket blasted off from the country’s national space launch center in the southern village of Goheung.

The launch, which took place at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, sent a new batch of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service into low orbit.

NASA unveiled close-up pictures on Wednesday of the interstellar comet that’s making a quick one-and-done tour of the solar system.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is making bold predictions about how AI and humanoid robots will reshape society within the next 10–20 years. At the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, Musk predicted work will become “optional,” poverty erased, and money “irrelevant.”

Walmart CEO, 59 year old Doug McMillon, who turned the nation’s largest retailer into a tech-powered giant since taking over in 2014, will retire in January in a surprise move.

Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars. For the first time, it also recovered the booster following its separation from the upper stage and the Mars orbiters.

According to SpaceX, this will be the 28th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18 and SES-19, and 23 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, in what some say could be the first step toward much faster commercial travel.

SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites like last time.

NASA officials say the first crew under its Artemis program will fly around the moon no later than April of 2026, and possibly as early as February. That would be followed by a landing near the lunar south pole by astronauts later.

For the first time, there were more women than men in a NASA astronaut class. They included a geologist who worked on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, a SpaceX engineer who flew on a billionaire-sponsored spaceflight that featured the world’s first private spacewalk and a former SpaceX launch director.

A total lunar eclipse — called a blood moon because of its red shadowy hue — unfolded over middle eastern sky on Sunday night and early Monday, local time.

Portugal’s cork industry welcomed the US tariff exemption on the product, as exporters called it a “wise decision”. The European country is the world’s largest cork producer, accounting for about half of global production. AP video shot by Helena Alves

Deep in the Swedish forest, where reindeer roam and scientists ski in winter, lies one of Europe’s hopes for a spaceport that can ultimately compete with the United States, China and Russia. For decades, Europe has relied upon the U.S. for its security among the stars. But the Trump administration’s “America First” policies, plus a commercial market that’s growing exponentially, has prompted Europeans to rethink their approach.

Footage released by aerospace company SpaceX showed a rocket launching into the atmosphere Sunday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. According to SpaceX, the Falcon 9 rocket is carrying 28 Starlink satellites to launch in low-Earth orbit.

It was the 15th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission. The first stage landed on a ‘droneship’, a barge used by SpaceX, that is stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

The SpaceX mega rocket Starship on Tuesday night completed the first-ever deployment of a test payload — eight dummy satellites — into space. The Starship later splashed down into the Indian Ocean. SpaceX employees watching live pictures of the event cheered, even as the rocket hit the water and produced a fireball.

SpaceX launched the latest test of its mega rocket Starship on Tuesday night and completed the first-ever deployment of a test payload — eight dummy satellites — into space. After just over an hour coasting through space, Starship splashed down as planned in the Indian Ocean.

SpaceX launched a Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-33) mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Sunday.

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Four astronauts are back on Earth after a five-month stay at the International Space Station. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Pacific off the Southern California coast on Saturday, a day after departing the orbiting lab.

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SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours.

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Four astronauts from US, Japan and Russia launch to the space station

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NASA and India have paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite capable of tracking the slightest changes in land and ice. Scientists say the $1.3 billion mission will help forecasters and first responders stay one step ahead of floods, landslides and other disasters.

The first Australian-made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country’s soil crashed Wednesday after 14 seconds of flight. No one was reported hurt.