The Latest Breaking News on Space

See the moon cozy up to a fading Mars tonight (March 8)

The pair will be closest to each other at around 8 p.m. ET.

Space · Mar 7, 2025

Musk's clean-up job backfires on Trump

One question remains: What is the true motivation behind Musk's DOGE project?

Salon · Mar 7, 2025

Scottish space firm vows to launch satellites from the Highlands by 2027

A MORAY space company has made public their intention to launch satellites from a mothballed spaceport in the Highlands.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 7, 2025

Watch fiery SpaceX Starship Flight 8 debris rain down over The Bahamas (video)

The upper stage of SpaceX's huge Starship rocket exploded over the Atlantic Ocean this evening (March 6), creating a dramatic sky show for people in The Bahamas, Florida and elsewhere.

Space · Mar 7, 2025

SpaceX loses Starship rocket stage again, but catches giant Super Heavy booster during Flight 8 launch (video)

SpaceX managed to catch the Super Heavy booster on Starship's eighth test flight today (March 6), but the vehicle's upper stage was lost about nine minutes after liftoff.

Space · Mar 7, 2025

SpaceX launches Starship mega rocket on another test flight after an explosion marred the last one

SpaceX has launched another mammoth Starship rocket on a test flight to release mock satellites into space

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — 'the chance of talking with Odin is minimal'

AstroForge says there's no real hope of reestablishing contact with its Odin probe, the first private spacecraft ever to fly beyond the moon.

Space · Mar 6, 2025

First private US robotic lunar rover lands successfully on the moon

Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform by Lunar Outpost landed near the moon’s south pole after eight days

The Guardian - US · Mar 6, 2025

Athena spacecraft lands on moon but struggles with undiagnosed problem

Flight controllers try to confirm Intuitive Machines probe’s status in firm’s second lunar landing in just over a year

The Guardian - US · Mar 6, 2025

Intuitive Machines' private Athena probe lands near lunar south pole — but it may have tipped over

Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander, named Athena, landed near the moon's south pole today (March 6), but the probe's fate is unclear.

Space · Mar 6, 2025