Northrop Grumman’s 1st ‘Cygnus XL’ cargo spacecraft departs the space station

Northrop Grumman’s first “Cygnus XL” cargo ship departed the International Space Station Thursday morning (March 12), and is scheduled to deorbit and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere this weekend.

NASA’s DART planetary defense mission reveals asteroids hurling ‘cosmic snowballs’ at each other

New images from NASA’s DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging material in a slow process that reshapes their surfaces over millions of years.

NASA just picked a new upper stage for its SLS moon rocket amid Artemis shakeup

NASA has wasted no time in selecting the vehicle that will replace the upper stage on its new plans for a standardized Space Launch System rocket.

SpaceX is ‘about 4 weeks’ away from launching its most powerful Starship yet, Elon Musk says

SpaceX is gearing up for the 12th test launch of its Starship rocket, which could liftoff in about 4 weeks, according to Elon Musk. It will be the first mission of the bigger, more powerful Starship “V3.”

NASA’s asteroid-smashing DART spacecraft hit so hard, it changed its target space rocks’ orbit around the sun

The mission without a doubt proves that we could deflect a hazardous asteroid away from Earth — so long as we discover it in the nick of time.

SpaceX launches 15,000-pound TV satellite to orbit on its 30th mission of the year (photos, video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the 15,000-pound EchoStar XXV TV satellite to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast just after midnight on Tuesday (March 10).

Incoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite crashes back to Earth over eastern Pacific Ocean

NASA’s Van Allen Probe A crashed to Earth on Wednesday morning (March 11) after nearly 14 years in orbit, according to the space agency. Most of the spacecraft likely burned up in the atmosphere.

SpaceX’s Ship 39 is so cool in Starship V3 test | Space photo of the day for March 9, 2026

SpaceX engineers tested Ship 39’s propellant system, leading to some stunning images.

Congress wants the International Space Station to keep flying until 2032. Here’s why

Congress is pushing to extend the International Space Station’s life by two years, to give commercial outposts more time to step into its shoes.

SpaceX springs forward with another Starlink launch from California (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, March 8, 2026.