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July 26, 2026
"Just the fact that it exists, just the fact that it continues to exist. We should marvel at that."
Two new satellites have now officially joined Europe's Galileo satellite navigation constellation, boosting its performance, resilience and autonomy. Four…
NASA’s live return coverage for the return of the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft is streaming across multiple platforms. Watch online at https://www.nasa.gov/live.
The Soyuz MS‑28 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station’s Rassvet module at 3:02 a.m. EDT, carrying NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov and…
NASA’s live coverage of the Soyuz MS‑28 undocking from the International Space Station is streaming across multiple platforms. Watch online at https://www.nasa.gov/live/.
Europe is a world leader in the study of our planet, and one of the flagship elements of the complex network of missions in orbit is the satellite constellation…
The crew closed the hatch between the Soyuz MS‑28 spacecraft and the International Space Station at 11:45 p.m. EDT, setting the stage for undocking and return to Earth.
NASA’s live coverage of crew farewells and Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft hatch closing aboard the International Space Station now is streaming across multiple platforms. Watch online at…
Key ground stations in Spain operated by NASA and the European Space Agency have avoided serious damage from major wildfires in the country. The post NASA and ESA facilities avoid major damage from…
July 25, 2026
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SpaceX successfully launched Starship Flight 13 from its Starbase facility in Texas, achieving an intact ocean splashdown of the upper stage and deploying 20 next-generation Starlink Version 3…
Just hours after Starship Flight 13 achieved a successful soft splashdown of its upper stage in the Indian Ocean on July 24, Elon Musk announced an ambitious next step for the company’s next launch…
SpaceX will likely attempt to catch Starship back at the launch pad on its next flight.
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The 13th Integrated Flight Test of SpaceX’s Starship system, IFT-13, was mostly a success. One week after the launch was scrubbed at the last moment because of engine failures, and […]
One of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy is how the Universe managed to grow enormous black holes so quickly.
This discovery marks a major milestone in the search for life on worlds beyond our solar system. A faint stream of helium escaping from a distant rocky world has revealed something astronomers had…
On Episode 220 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Pascal Lee and astrobiologist Dr. Penny Boston to mark the 50th anniversary of Viking 1's landing on Mars.
Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is scheduled for 8:51 a.m. PDT (11:51 a.m. EDT / 1551 UTC). The Falcon 9 will place 24 Starlink satellites into orbit.
"It doesn't require any new technology development, which is almost unheard of for solving a LIGO instrumentation problem."
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SpaceX Starship Flight 13: The Video https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1AJEmmYdMDnJL
ESA is closely monitoring the situation of forest fires near its deep space station in Cebreros (Spain).
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts will return to Earth from the International Space Station early Sunday morning (July 26), and you can watch their homecoming live.
Just under two months after the previous mission, which went both well and badly, SpaceX completed Starship's best mission yet — the super-heavy launch vehicle under development at Starbase, in Texas…
To this end, it will provide ESA with a virtual environment to analyse and compare, under realistic conditions, different configurations of the system architecture, operational concepts and…
The platform has completed a series of tests of its electronic equipment in the Maxwell camera of the European Space Research and Technology Centre (Estec) in Noordwijk (Netherlands)..
SpaceX's Starship flew successfully Friday, landing both stages and deploying its first Starlink V3 satellites. The post SpaceX Starship just nailed something it’s never done before appeared first…
With the successful deployment of real Starlink satellites, an in-space engine relight, and a precise splashdown, a Version 3 ship succeeded for the first time in nearly all key phases…
SpaceX launched Starship, the world's most powerful rocket, on a critical 13th test flight on July 24, a stunning test flight that notched big success and ended with a huge surprise.
Powered by 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines, the 397-foot-tall two-stage rocket blasted off from SpaceX's "Starbase," Texas, launch site at 5:51 p.m. EDT, putting on a spectacular show for area…
The Cold War icon serves on after seven decades.
SpaceX launched Starship on its 13th suborbital test flight July 24, correcting some of the issues seen on the previous flight while deploying functioning satellites for the first time. The post…
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