Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for ‘confidential commercial customer’ (video)

Rocket Lab launched a mystery satellite for a confidential commercial customer this evening (March 5). It was the company’s 83rd liftoff to date.

Enormous solar power array seen from orbit | Space photo of the day for March 5, 2026

This stunning satellite image of Ouarzazate, Morocco, was taken by Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Vast raises $500 million to keep developing ‘Haven’ private space stations

Vast has raised $500 million in new funding, which the California startup will put toward its goal of getting private space stations up and running in Earth orbit.

The Rubin Observatory will change the game for astronomy — if satellite companies don’t get in the way

Scientists gathered in a conference earlier this year in an effort to solve the issue of satellite streaks ruining a powerful new Earth-based observatory’s data.

‘War of the Worlds’ in reverse? Mars dirt could help fight off a microbial invasion from Earth

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological activity.

SpaceX Starlink launch creates gorgeous ‘jellyfish’ in predawn Florida skies (video, photos)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday (March 4), creating a sky show for early risers.

Russia fixes launch pad damaged by Thanksgiving astronaut launch to the International Space Station

Russia has fixed Site 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, the only pad supporting the nation’s human spaceflight missions. It had been out of commission since late November.

NASA is overhauling its Artemis program. What does that mean for humanity’s return to the moon?

In a major shakeup of the Artemis program, NASA is adding more missions to its timeline to land astronauts on the moon in 2028.

NASA repairs Artemis 2 moon rocket in hopes of an April lunar launch

NASA has repaired its Artemis 2 rocket, apparently keeping things on track for a possible April launch of the first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years.

Mission Hayabusa: Test your JAXA IQ

Test your knowledge of Japan’s boldest leaps into the cosmos with a quiz that explores JAXA’s missions, milestones, and the science shaping humanity’s future among the stars.