Space Exploration

Explore Space Exploration

Latest about Space Exploration

full-disc view of earth against the blackness of space

Mirrors in space could boost solar power production on Earth. Here's how.

By Tereza Pultarova published

Reflect Orbital plans to launch a constellation of orbiting mirrors to beam sunlight to solar power plants on Earth after dark.

Satellites
a black-and-white spacex falcon 9 rocket launches into a blue sky.

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites, aces 300th rocket landing (photos, video)

By Mike Wall last updated

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent 23 more of the company's Starlink internet satellites skyward today (April 23).

Launches & Spacecraft
a white, black and red rocket lab electron rocket launches into a blue sky.

Rocket Lab launches new NASA solar sail tech to orbit (video, photos)

By Mike Wall last updated

Rocket Lab launched a South Korean Earth-observation satellite and new NASA solar-sailing tech this evening (April 23).

Launches & Spacecraft
illustration of a spacecraft in orbit around earth

NASA ends CloudSat Earth-observing mission after 18 years

By Mike Wall published

NASA's pioneering CloudSat weather and climate mission has come to an end after nearly 18 productive years in Earth orbit.

Satellites
two astronauts in spacesuits smiling and standing in front of a wall. the wall has a nasa logo on it surrounded by mission patches

NASA astronauts enter quarantine for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch on May 6

By Elizabeth Howell published

Veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are in quarantine at agency facilities before the 1st Boeing Starliner launch. They are expected to fly on May 6.

Human Spaceflight
a white rocket launches into a blue sky

Building rockets and looking for life on Venus: Q&A with Rocket Lab's Peter Beck

By Leonard David published

Space.com caught up with Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck recently to talk about the company's ambitious plans for the future, which include a private life-hunting mission to Venus.

Launches & Spacecraft
starliner visible out a space window with the earth in behind

Starliner: Boeing's next-generation spaceship for astronauts

By Chelsea Gohd last updated

Reference Starliner is the commercial spacecraft Boeing will use to carry astronauts to space.

Reference
a group of people stand behind a man signing a document in front of flags

Slovenia signs NASA's Artemis Accords for cooperative space exploration

By Samantha Mathewson published

Slovenia signed NASA's Artemis Accords on April 19, becoming the 39th country to affirm their cooperation in future space endeavors to the moon and beyond.

Artemis
Graphic showing the the artemis accords logo above white text reading "the artemis accords", the surface of the moon is seen in the lower portion of the image and a distant Mars peeks out from the surface of the moon.

Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?

By Robert Lea last updated

Reference As the Artemis program aims to return humanity to the moon and beyond, the Artemis Accords lay out a framework for nations collaborating in this effort.

Reference
six people in blue flight suits stand on a stage, each one holding a plaque

ESA graduates the 'Hoppers': Europeans, Australian pass astronaut basic training

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The "Hoppers" — five European astronauts and the first astronaut from the Australian Space Agency — are now ready to "hop" into their first flight assignments, having completed basic training.

Human Spaceflight
123456789Archives