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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (photos)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink satellites to orbit early Friday (Aug. 2), continuing the company's bounceback from a July 11 failure.

SpaceX to resume astronaut launches on Aug. 18 with Crew-9 mission to ISS
By Brett Tingley published
The ninth crew rotation for SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to lift off on Aug. 18 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

On this day in space! August 1, 1774: Oxygen is discovered!
By Hanneke Weitering published
On August 1, 1774, natural philosopher Joseph Priestley was working with gases when he discovered oxygen.

If we want to settle on other planets, we’ll have to use genome editing to alter human DNA
By Sam McKee published
It sounds like science fiction, but many scientists believe editing the human genome is key to our advancement across the solar system.

New Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle features 'most accurate details' in a Lego set
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
There is a moment when building Lego's new NASA-inspired set that the assembly goes from looking like plastic bricks to being a moon buggy. Then you realize you're not even a quarter of the way done.

After ISS: The private space station era is dawning
By Leonard David published
As the end of the ISS looms on the horizon, NASA and private space companies are looking forward to the era of private space stations and what it will mean for humanity's presence in low Earth orbit.

Hubble Telescope spots a stunning spiral galaxy shining in the 'Little Lion' (image)
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A new Hubble Telescope image shines a spotlight on a classic spiral galaxy named NGC 3430.

Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates
By Elizabeth Howell, Tariq Malik published
Boeing moving toward a June 1 launch of its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA.

Space-junk scout captures amazing fly-around footage of discarded rocket in orbit (video)
By Tereza Pultarova published
Astroscale's ADRAS-J space debris inspecting mission completed a series of fly-around maneuvers of its target space junk, capturing stunning footage of a dead rocket stage in orbit.
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