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Make no mistake: we are currently living in the Golden Age of space exploration. Right now, as you read these words, we have robots on the Moon, autonomous rovers on Mars, and roughly a half dozen asteroid mining companies prospecting for precious metals in space. What will happen tomorrow? Tune in to DT’s space coverage to get all the latest news and commentary on everything from SpaceX to space junk, and keep pace with all the most important things happening in the final frontier.

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The Artemis II crew in training.

NASA crew trains for a voyage no one’s taken for 50 years

NASA’s four Artemis II astronauts are continuing to train hard for the adventure of a lifetime, which is set to take place in a little over six months from now.
How the Lunar Trailblazer would've appeared if the mission had gone to plan.

Sadly, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer failed to do what it said on the tin

A NASA astronaut washing her hair on the space station.

How the heck does an astronaut wash their hair in space? Here’s how

The ISS as seen from SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft.

SpaceX Dragon capsule captures cool video of ISS orbiting Earth

Dumbbell Nebula.

NASA skywatching tips for August include a Jupiter and Venus meetup

The Starship rocket undergoing an engine test fire before its 10th flight.

Watch SpaceX blast Starship engine ahead of its 10th flight test

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour will set a new record on Thursday’s flight

Earth as seen from the space station.

Astronaut’s photo shows a gorgeous ‘golden path’

SpaceX's Crew-11.

SpaceX needs good weather for Thursday’s crewed launch. How’s it looking?

SpaceX's Crew-11 during a dry rehearsal for their flight to the space station.

Watch NASA’s trailer for SpaceX’s Crew-11 launch this week

The Starship launching from Starbase in October 2024.

Elon Musk: Starship to fly ‘next month’ as spacecraft is moved to launch site

Artist's concept of the proposed Skyfall Mars mission.

Remember Ingenuity? NASA’s proposed Skyfall mission takes it further in stunning video

Representative image of a rover stuck in sand.

Scientists figure out the flaw behind stuck rovers using free software

Using open-source software, experts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison figured out a testing flaw that often led to rovers getting stuck on alien surfaces.
The Starship's first-stage booster coming in to land after deploying the spacecraft to orbit in a recent flight test.

Elon Musk to give an update on Starship status and future plans

The latest Starship update was supposed to have been given by the SpaceX boss in May, but it never happened.
The Starlink Standard Kit in use outdoors.

Starlink just went down globally and here are the memes

The internet (well, those who could get online) didn't take long to respond to SpaceX's Starlink outage on Thursday.
The International Space Station.

Watch these Starlink satellites whiz by as a comet makes a cosmic cameo

The footage was captured by a NASA astronaut during his recent stay aboard the orbital outpost.
SpaceX's Crew-11.

How to watch SpaceX launch Crew-11 to the ISS

SpaceX and NASA are making final preparations for the next crewed launch to the space station.
Blue Origin's New Glenn on its first launch.

New Glenn rocket all set for grand mission on only its second launch

Not long now for the second launch of Blue Origin's next-gen heavy-lift rocket.
Felix Baumgartner.

The man who jumped from space has died in a paragliding crash

A daredevil stuntman who set a world record more than decade ago for the highest-ever skydive has died in a paragliding accident in Italy.
The Super Heavy booster's Raptor engines powering the Starship's launch on November 19, 2024.

Elon Musk reveals target date for next Starship launch

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft exploded exploded on the ground last month, ahead of its 10th flight test. But now it's getting ready to go again.
A Falcon 9 rocket launches from California.

SpaceX is about to give Starlink’s main rival a ride to orbit

SpaceX has been enjoying growing uptake of its internet-from-space Starlink service, but in a weird twist, the company is about to lend a hand to its main rival in the sector.
Crew Dragon Endeavour shortly before splashdown.

How to watch a SpaceX Crew Dragon splash down with 4 ISS crew members

The four crew members of Axiom Space’s Ax-4 mission have departed the International Space Station (ISS) and are on their way home after an 18-day stay aboard the orbital outpost. Traveling inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon, private astronauts Peggy Whitson (U.S.), Shubhanshu Shukla (India), Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski (Poland), and Tibor Kapu (Hungary) undocked from the ISS […]
A NASA astronaut vacuuming inside the space station.

This NASA astronaut manages to make vacuuming look kinda cool

Vacuuming is such a chore ... unless you're in space.
An image showing the stars of deep space and a sea of clouds lit by the red upper atmospheric airglow.

Astronaut’s stunning snapshot shows Earth in a whole new way

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared a gorgeous image that he captured while aboard the space station.
SpaceX launches its 500th successful Falcon 9 mission on July 13, 2025.

SpaceX just achieved a landmark Falcon 9 rocket mission

It involved a flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, that took place on Sunday.
A near-infrared image of the Grand Canyon captured from the space station.

Stunning Grand Canyon photo captured from space looks just like Mars

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has just shared a beautiful shot of the Grand Canyon captured from the space station during his recent stay there.
NASA using VR for training.

Watch how NASA is using VR to prep for upcoming moon missions

NASA is aiming to send astronauts back to the moon before the end of this decade, and it's using VR technology to get ready.
A sprite as seen from the space station.

ISS astronaut shares astonishing shot of a storm-generated sprite

Astronaut Nichole Ayers recently witnessed a phenomenon known as a sprite from the International Space Station.
The International Space Station.

The ISS menu is about to get a lot more interesting

The first-ever meal eaten in space comprised beef and liver paste squeezed through a tube. Next year, ISS astronauts will be able to enjoy something much tastier.
NASA's skywatching tips for July 2025.

NASA’s skywatching tips for July include an ‘eagle’

Do look up at the sky this month and enjoy all that it has to offer.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching in April 2025.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just set a new record

The first stage booster of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has just done something for the very first time.
NASA testing its next-gen SLS lunar rocket booster in June 2025.

NASA just test fired its next-gen SLS lunar rocket booster – watch it here

The new booster is is scheduled to launch on the ninth Artemis lunar mission in the 2030s — but there's a chance that it will never fly.
SpaceX launches the Ax-4 crew to the space station in June 2025.

SpaceX just launched the Ax-4 crew to orbit — watch the highlights

SpaceX has just launched Axiom Space's privately funded Ax-4 crew to the space station.
ULA's Atlas V rocket leaves the launchpad in June 2025.

Enjoy these awesome views of ULA’s latest liftoff

ULA launched its workhorse Atlas V rocket this week, carrying Project Kuiper internet satellites to orbit for Amazon.

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