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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation from Florida on July 16, 2025.

SpaceX launches 3rd batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper megaconstellation (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched 24 of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites early Wednesday morning (July 16), the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 liftoff.

Launches & Spacecraft
a downward-facing camera mounted on a rocket captures the Earth below as the booster climbs to space

SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from California (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 26 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit after lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 15, 2025.

Launches & Spacecraft
(Main) an illustration of Saturn and titan. (Inset) the lanscape of Titan as seen by Huygens from an altitude of 33,000 feet

The precursors of life could form in the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan

By Robert Lea published

New research indicates that cellular "pockets" that are the first step toward protocells, the precursors of life, could form in the methane seas of Saturn's moon Titan.

Search for Life
SpaceX's Starship megarocket soars above Earth on its ninth test flight, on May 27, 2025.

SpaceX will launch next Starship flight in 'about 3 weeks,' Elon Musk says

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX plans to launch the 10th test flight of its Starship megarocket about three weeks from now, according to company founder and CEO Elon Musk.

Launches & Spacecraft

Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' pushes for crewed moon missions, but proposed budget cuts leave NASA science behind

By Keith Cooper published

The U.S. government's "One, Big Beautiful Bill" Act finds funding for Artemis and Lunar Gateway, but nearly half of NASA's science missions are on the chopping block ahead of the 2026 budget.

Space Exploration
a boat on the left and AX 4 Dragon on the right during the recovery operations.

Private Ax-4 astronauts splash down aboard SpaceX capsule to conclude ISS mission (video)

By Josh Dinner published

The four astronauts of Axiom Space's latest private mission have safely returned to Earth after more that two weeks aboard the International Space Station.

Private Spaceflight
A Long March 7 rocket launches the Tianzhou 9 cargo mission to China's Tiangong space station on July 14, 2025.

China launches new spacesuits, other supplies to Tiangong space station (video)

By Mike Wall published

A Long March 7 rocket lifted off this evening (July 14), sending China's Tianzhou 9 cargo spacecraft toward the Tiangong space station.

Launches & Spacecraft
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility shortly after touching down on Nov. 12, 2022.

Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' gives US Space Force $1 billion for secretive X-37B space plane

By Leonard David published

U.S. President Trump's "One, Big Beautiful Bill Act," H.R. 1 includes $1 billion for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) X-37B military spacecraft program.

Space Exploration
A white space capsule hangs upright, docked to the port of a space station. A robotic arm hangs to the left in the foreground.

Private Ax-4 astronauts depart ISS after unexpected extended stay (video)

By Josh Dinner published

The four astronauts of Axiom Space's latest private mission have concluded their stay aboard the International Space Station.

Private Spaceflight
The occupants of the International Space Station as of July 11, 2025. The four private Ax-4 astronauts are in blue flight suits.

Private Ax-4 astronauts heading back to Earth early July 14: Watch it live

By Mike Wall published

The private Ax-4 astronaut mission will undock from the International Space Station on Monday morning (July 14), and you can watch the action live.

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