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Watch 2 astronauts replace failed ISS antenna during spacewalk today

Two astronauts will do some repair work outside the International Space Station today (Aug. 25), and you can watch the action live. NASA's Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency will conduct a spacewalk today (Aug. 25) to replace a space-to-ground-antenna. The

Trump bought SpaceX shares two weeks after blockbuster IPO

The president bought when the stock was in the mid-$150 range. SpaceX finished trading on Monday back at its IPO price of $135.

Anthropic Wants to Beat SpaceX’s IPO, and It Could Reprice Every AI Stock You Own

There are six stocks that hedge funds and mutual funds are both overweight — and SpaceX is one

SpaceX, trading at 93 times next year’s estimated earnings, seems hardly the stock to unite both short-term-focused hedge-fund managers and more long-term-oriented mutual-fund managers.

Stewart wants safe space amid transgender rallies

Liberty star Breanna Stewart says she hopes WNBA arenas can be a "safe space" for fans amid rallies about transgender sports participation.

Joe Dante tells us how his "anti-Space Jam" became the flop Looney Tunes: Back In Action

The last time a Looney Tunes movie was screwed up by Warner Bros., it didn't get saved. It became Looney Tunes: Back In Action.

Maya Ongaku, “Nothing Space Music”

The Japanese trio supplement their swooning ambient psychedelia with savvy pop songwriting. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Launching 10,000 tiny 'femtosats' to Saturn? NASA funds 18 futuristic spaceflight ideas

NASA is giving a financial boost to nearly 20 technology investigations to help fuel the incubation of tomorrow's spaceflight research capabilities. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts ( NIAC ) program has selected 18 projects for this year's Phase I awards, which will each spl

SpaceX will set rocket-reuse record on 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year early Aug. 25: Watch it live

Starlink launches may have become commonplace, but this one's definitely worth staying up for. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with 29 Starlink internet satellites is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday (Aug. 25), during a four-hour

Goodbye, Falcon 9: SpaceX planning to retire workhorse launcher when Starship is up and running

The rumors are true. SpaceX plans to retire its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket once the company's giant next-generation Starship begins regular operational flights. SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 for the first time in 2010, and the rocket soon chiselled itself a place in spaceflight his

NASA’s New Space Telescope Is Poised to Discover Hidden Facets of the Universe

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to discover as many as 200,000 new planets and reveal details about the elusive nature of dark matter and dark energy.

NASA Sets Coverage for Roman Space Telescope Launch from Florida

Coverage plans are ready for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prelaunch and launch activities. Roman is NASA’s next-generation observatory designed to explore some of the universe’s biggest mysteries, including dark energy. NASA and SpaceX are targeting Roman’s liftoff fo

SpaceX plans to put Nvidia-powered AI satellites in orbit next year

Elon Musk’s company now plans to launch orbital data centers by the end of next year.

SpaceX Stock: Boom or Bust?

SpaceX sends 27 Starlink satellites to orbit on 100th Falcon rocket launch of the year (video, photos)

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites this morning (Aug. 22) on a milestone mission for the company's Falcon rocket family. A Falcon 9 carrying 27 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today at 3:25 a.m. EDT (072

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 224 — The Science of Artemis

On Episode 224 of This Week In Space , Rod Pyle and guest co-host Rick Jenet are joined by Dr. David Kring to discuss the where, whys, and hows of the Artemis Program's lunar exploration plans. It has been said that the Moon is a harsh mistress, and nowhere is this more apparent

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Set to Receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor

President Donald J. Trump will award each of NASA’s Artemis II crew members the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 28, during a ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch

NASA Shares Views of August Solar Eclipse from Ground, Air, Space

On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse darkened skies over Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. As the Moon covered the Sun, it briefly revealed the Sun’s wispy outer atmosphere — the corona — to those in the path of totality who were lucky enough to have clear skies. NASA researchers and p

For this summer's indie hits, intergenerational anxiety lives in endless spaces

A trio of liminal thrillers - It Ends, Backrooms, and Exit 8 - explore realistic dread, which manifests as reality breaking its own rules.

Trump bought shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX in June, financial disclosure shows

Rocket Report: SpaceX makes its mark on the Moon; ULA names new boss

Welcome to Edition 9.07 of the Rocket Report! China's workhorse Long March rocket family appears to be rebounding quickly from a rare launch failure August 10. Chinese officials have not publicly released any information on what may have caused the Long March 7A rocket to break a

Specialist ship arrives to cart SpaceX rocket from Christmas Island

How Josh Kushner Tripled His Net Worth to $16.7 Billion with SpaceX

SpaceX fires up Starship ahead of megarocket’s 1st orbital flight (video)

SpaceX is picking up the pace of preparations for the next launch of its giant Starship rocket. On Wednesday night (Aug. 19), the company completed a single-engine static fire test with its Ship 41 vehicle, the upper stage that's in line to fly Starship 's upcoming Flight 14 miss

Karnataka legislature: Bill on public spaces does not make it

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video, photos)

SpaceX launched yet another Starlink mission today (Aug. 21), sending 29 more of the broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast. The spacecraft flew aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 11:14 a.m. EDT

Ancient stars dazzle in a celestial chandelier | Space photo of the day for Aug. 21, 2026

The Chandelier Cluster, or globular cluster NGC 6723, as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Sarajedini, G. Piotto) Stars scattered across the cosmos sparkle in the appropriately named Chandelier Cluster. What is it? The Hubble Space Telesco

Amazon Could Be Worth More Than Tesla and SpaceX Combined by 2030. Here's the Math.

SpaceX will try for 1st Starship tower catch 'in a few months,' Elon Musk says

We'll have to wait a bit longer for a highly anticipated Starship milestone, it appears. On Aug. 4, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said the company aimed to attempt the first-ever catch of Starship's upper stage on the vehicle's next test flight , which is tentatively targeted

Jim Cramer Shared Insights Into Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) Short Selling

Specialist ship arrives to cart SpaceX rocket from Christmas Island

Trump Bought SpaceX, Palantir And More: What We Learned From Latest Stock Trades - Forbes

Trump Bought SpaceX, Palantir And More: What We Learned From Latest Stock Trades Forbes See more headlines & perspectives on Google News

An Abandoned SpaceX Rocket Crashed Into the Moon. Here’s What It Looks Like Now

The rocket drifted in space for over a year before finally plummeting to the moon’s surface.

SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste

Elon Musk’s talk about maintaining a million-strong AI data center satellite megaconstellation may not exactly be practical or economical , but it might be unique. It’s about the closest we’ve come to confronting a scheme that would export a considerable amount of valuable materi

Parliamentary panel reviews space and science projects at ISRO, other facilities in Bengaluru

The committee led by Dr. Medha Vishram Kulkarni also reviewed the current status of India’s first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, at the ISRO headquarters

Elon Musk Owns 48.4% of SpaceX, a New Filing Shows. Here's Why That Matters for Everyone Else Holding the Stock.

Rocket Lab and AST SpaceMobile Are Priced for the Big Bang. One Space Stock Already Delivered.

How to watch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's launch

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled for launch on August 30.

The Most Remote Place on Earth Has Space Junk and a Sea Monster

Q: What do sci-fi-pioneer Jules Verne, horror-writer H.P. Lovecraft, and the Russian space programme have in common? A: Their overlapping interest in an inhospitable corner of the South Pacific, only recently identified as the remotest part of the world’s oceans—Point Nemo. Point

Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land

A new national space transportation policy signed by President Donald Trump on Thursday calls for the development of more spaceports to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries per year by 2030. The presidential memorandum replaces a 2013 policy signed by former President B

How a huge fleet of 17 spacecraft discovered something surprising about solar eruptions

A misbehaving coronal mass ejection (CME) that blew out a hidden cloud of charged particles aimed at Earth has been tracked by a record 17 spacecraft spread throughout the solar system, revealing the CME to be surprisingly lopsided. CMEs are "burps" from the sun – huge clouds of

On this day in space! Aug. 24, 2006: Pluto loses its planet status

On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto wasn't a planet anymore . Since that date, Pluto has been officially classified as a dwarf planet along with four other confirmed dwarf planets in the outskirts of the solar system. This decision spar

Satellite sees Greenland's most significant floating ice loss in over a decade | Space photo of the day for Aug. 24, 2026

ESA's Sentinel-1 mission captured remarkable imagery showing significant ice loss and calving at the Petermann Glacier. (Image credit: ESA) The massive glaciers of Greenland are disappearing right before our very eyes in new satellite imagery. What is it? Petermann Glacier in nor

'Project Hail Mary' and 'The Martian' author Andy Weir is headed back to outer space, but not how you'd expect

Amiable sci-fi author Andy Weir, the New York Times bestselling author of " The Martian ," " Artemis ," and " Project Hail Mary ", is embarking on an entirely new imaginative odyssey later this year. It's not exactly another sci-fi book, though; It's an audiobook, and Weir is for

Trump to award Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II astronauts

The Artemis II crew will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor after becoming the first humans in more than 50 years to travel beyond the Moon. Their 10-day Orion mission also carried them farther into space than anyone in history.

The 4 Best Monitor Arms to Clear Up Your Desk Space (2026)

Your desk setup needs a monitor arm, and I’ve been testing every one I can get my hands on to find the best.

Showcase your startup at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and book an exhibit table while there’s still space

Make the most of Disrupt's crowds of potential investors and partners by exhibiting your startup from October 13-15.

This company’s plans to deploy space mirrors could jeopardize the night sky for many

A company that plans to beam sunlight from space to Earth on demand might unintentionally brighten the night sky for many more people than intended, according to a new study. Later this year, the US company Reflect Orbital plans to launch a test satellite called Eärendil-1 that w

The Download: threats from space mirrors and credit for AI drugs

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This company’s plans to deploy space mirrors could jeopardize the night sky for many A company that plans to beam sunlight from space to Earth

The Download: kids outlearning AI, and space travel agents

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids outlearn AI—and we still don’t know why Teaching a computer to use human language requires an inhuman amount of data. An LLM can easily c

On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: X-15 sets world altitude record

On Aug. 22, 1963, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 rocket plane higher than any pilot had ever flown before. Walker reached an altitude of over 67 miles (108 kilometers). That's about 5 miles (8 km) above the edge of space! Walker experienced about five minutes of w

How will NASA's astronaut training hub change with commercial space stations?

HOUSTON — What does NASA's astronaut training hub look like these days, as the agency aims to bring more commercial space stations into the fold? It's an interesting mix of government and private companies, of space agency personnel and of contractors, all working together to kee

New study reveals how space rocks become meteorites

What happens to a space rock as it falls through Earth's atmosphere and becomes a meteorite? By studying 75 meteorite falls captured on video and in photographs, researchers identified seven distinct phases in the journey from space rock to meteorite. Their findings show that mel

Woodlands and other natural spaces could help cities cope with extreme heat

Green and blue spaces, such as woodlands and riversides, could provide a vital line of defense for cities facing increasingly hot summers, according to new research from the University of Surrey.

U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor visits Tata-Lockheed Martin aerospace facility in Hyderabad

The visit comes as Tata Advanced Systems Limited and Lockheed Martin seek to expand their partnership to meet India’s recently released Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) requirement

Researchers Seem to Have Figured Out Why It’s Harder to Poop in Space

We were going to write a constipation joke here, but it wouldn’t come out.

Video: Russia launches rocket into space with military satellite

Russia says it has launched a military satellite into space on the back of a Soyuz-2.1 rocket from Arkhangelsk.

Trump to award NASA's Artemis II astronauts the Congressional Space Medal of Honor

NASA's Artemis II moon astronauts will join a very exclusive club next week. President Donald Trump will award those spaceflyers the Congressional Space Medal of Honor next Friday (Aug. 28) at Johnson Space Center in Houston to recognize their historic journey around the moon thi

Trump signs new national space policy to enable 1,000 US rocket launches per year

The United States is updating its approach to managing spaceflights that lift off and land within its borders, and aims to expand the nation's capabilities to support more than 1,000 rocket launches per year by 2030. President Donald Trump just signed a new National Space Transpo

New free-space optical link adds a wireless component to the nation's longest quantum network

There's a new lighthouse on Long Island. But instead of shining light to guide ships through waterways, this one transmits and receives particles of light that carry quantum information. Perched atop a seven-story building at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven Natio

BJP rejects Congress’ charge of 'aggressive privatisation' in space sector, says ecosystem is expanding

Says the emerging national space ecosystem is not a weakening of ISRO’s legacy, but an expansion of India’s space ambitions

Japan unveils Mars moon sample-return spacecraft ahead of Oct. 19 launch (photos)

The world just got its first good looks at some hardware that will make spaceflight history. Last Thursday (Aug. 13), Japan unveiled the spacecraft that make up its Martian Moons eXploration ( MMX ) mission, which aims to snag samples of the Mars moon Phobos and haul them to Eart

Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M

Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising ¥2.6 billion ($16 million).

On this day in space! Aug. 21, 1914: Total solar eclipse expedition crashed by WWI

On Aug. 21, 1914, a total solar eclipse temporarily darkened skies across Europe and Asia. A young German astronomer and friend of Albert Einstein's, Erwin Finlay-Freundlich, led an expedition to the Crimean Peninsula of Russia, where he hoped to record observations that would ve

NASA-Funded Mission to Rescue a Falling Space Telescope Officially Ends in Failure

The commercial LINK spacecraft was supposed to give NASA's Swift observatory a boost, pushing it higher into orbit to extend its life. But after launch, LINK experienced several problems. Swift is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up by the end of this year

Grok Bot is an all-new iPhone and Mac app from SpaceXAI and Cursor [U]

SpaceXAI and Cursor are in the process of becoming a single company , but first, the two firms are releasing an all-new iPhone and Mac app called Grok Bot.

Honeywell Aerospace (HONA) Spin-Off Unlocks Standalone Value Amid Strong Market Outlook

The week in pictures: a French woman in space, wildfires in Europe and the war in Ukraine

Russian drones carry out deadly strikes in Ukraine, astronaut Sophie Adenot becomes the first French woman to spacewalk, fires rage in Belgium and across Europe, and torrential rain hits the Philippines: FRANCE 24 takes a look at the week's most striking images.

Aaditya Thackeray accuses BMC of giving open spaces to institutions linked to BJP lawmakers

Aaditya Thackeray warned, he would do a sit-in outside the BMC office to reclaim the open spaces

I tested open source Android storage tools; this app reliably freed 5GB of system space

My analyzers kept pointing at the apps I was trying to save

Scientists map hair follicle formation in spacetime, advancing understanding of how organs develop

In a new research report, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have developed a technology that allows them to capture a 3D molecular "snapshot" of hundreds of hair follicles as they develop and then reconstruct the fourth dimension—time—to create a stop-motion animation

'Wet Hot American Summer': The raunchy 2000s comedy that was actually about a space station falling to Earth

LOS ANGELES – On a Saturday evening in Los Angeles, I found myself watching acclaimed actor Elizabeth Banks sing Tom Petty songs along with her fellow actors while writer/director David Wain played the drums. This incredible, bizarre performance celebrated the 25th anniversary of

Space, AI and other tech integration to shape a nation's geopolitical future: Minister Shekhawat

Privatisation of space is the “democratisation of space opportunities,” Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat asserted at the event, organised by the Space Applications Centre, ISRO, and the Department of Science

Six sector-specific industrial parks proposed under BHAVYA

A.P. government submits DPRs and master plans for parks focused on space, drones, aerospace, organic food, renewable energy and textiles

Nearly a Century Later, Sci-Fi Western Film Serial ‘The Phantom Empire’ Still Feels Like the Future

Cowboys, space queens, and the secret history of… everything? This black-and-white 1935 selection reflects just how long Hollywood has been playing with genre.

Astronaut vest cuts radiation exposure in half

Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02556-8 Tests on uncrewed NASA mission showed garment could spare astronauts the worst effects of solar storms.

Yamashita leads CPKC Women's Open with 62

Miyu Yamashita shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday for a one-stroke lead over fellow Japanese player Nasa Hataoka in the CPKC Women's Open, with two Canadian teenagers on the leaderboard in the national championship.

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Concéntrico returned to Logroño for its 12th edition in June 2026, transforming the city into a working site for architecture . Since its founding in 2015, the festival has built an identity on resisting a distant, controlled exhibition of design by constructing full-scale instal

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This exhibition takes as its point of departure the Greek word metaxi, referring to an in‑between condition—belonging to two realms at once. METAXIS explores what happens in between: between ideas, objects, spaces, and ways of seeing. It reflects on the dynamic state of being in

New 'Star Trek' documentary featuring William Shatner hits theaters this fall, celebrating 60 years of Trek

The " Star Trek " franchise's 60th anniversary is coming straight at us warp speed and will be arriving on Sept. 8, 2026 . "Trek" faithful from around the globe are expected to pause and salute this space fantasy institution created by Gene Roddenberry in whichever way they deem