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Overview: A Historic Blue Origin Flight On Thursday, December 18, a Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital rocket will carry aerospace engineer Michi Benthaus along with…

What is the Cygnus X ‘diamond ring’? Astronomers have captured a spectacular space image known as the ‘diamond ring’—a luminous loop of gas and dust…

China holds send-off ceremony for Tiangong space station mission China conducted a formal send-off ceremony on Friday, Oct. 31, to honor the new crew of…

Introduction: A New Benchmark in Martian Photography NASA’s Perseverance rover has delivered a milestone in planetary photography with what researchers call the clearest panoramic image…

Overview of Starship Flight 11 SpaceX has completed its eleventh integrated flight test of the Starship system, marking a significant step toward a fully reusable…

Overview: A Busy Week on the International Space Station As the United States entered a government shutdown, life aboard the International Space Station carried on…

ESA expands its deep-space listening network On October 4, 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) formally inaugurated its fourth antenna dedicated to deep-space communication. This…

ESA inaugurates fourth deep-space antenna The European Space Agency (ESA) will officially inaugurate its fourth deep-space communication antenna on October 4, 2025, expanding Europe’s capacity…

Unveiling Mars’s Harsh Winter Atmosphere New observations have shed rare light on Mars’s north polar vortex during its long, shadowed winter. Researchers studying the Red…

Selfie in space: what Tianwen 2 captured In a striking glimpse of interplanetary travel, China’s Tianwen 2 spacecraft photographed itself alongside Earth as it cruised…
