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SpaceX Starship V3 launch set this week: How to watch next-gen mega rocket test

SpaceX is getting ready to launch Starship Version 3, the next-generation spacecraft designed for Moon and Mars missions under NASA’s Artemis program. The test flight marks the first significant launch of 2026 and introduces a redesigned rocket with increased size, thrust, and upgraded Raptor engines. The mission will analyze booster…

The Economic Times · May 20

NASA satellite images uncover dramatic changes in Earth's nighttime lights

Using nearly a decade of satellite observations, NASA's Black Marble project reveals a constantly shifting portrait of human nighttime activity visible from space.

Space · May 20

This photograph isn’t the Moon. It’s Mars. But it’s not the only stunning image coming from Psyche’s Mars flyby

A NASA spacecraft on its way to an asteroid has captured several stunning images of the Red Planet

Digital Camera World · May 20

'The people that built the spacecraft are not alive anymore': NASA admits Voyager spacecraft code is still being maintained — even if barely anyone alive knows how to use the language it's programmed in

NASA’s Voyager spacecraft still operates using ancient assembly code while the engineers who understood their systems gradually disappear forever.

TechRadar · May 19

NASA satellite will test orbital 'gas station' tech to help astronauts reach the moon and Mars

The Liquid Oxygen Flight demonstration (LOXSAT) will help NASA test and develop technologies to support in-space transfer and storage of cryogenic propellants, critical abilities for the Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon.

Space · May 19

Elon Musk's New Starship 3 Packs More Power Than Germany's Entire Grid as NASA Braces for Critical Test

SpaceX's Starship Version 3 is set for a test flight from Texas, a crucial step for NASA's Artemis Moon programme. The redesigned rocket aims to support future lunar missions with enhanced capabilities.

International Business Times UK · May 19

Galactic starlight will take your breath away | Space photo of the day for May 19, 2026

The galaxy M77 looks truly out-of-this-world in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Space · May 19

In 1959, a metal meant for missile work bent back into shape and triggered a revolution in materials science

A chance discovery in 1959 by military scientists led to Nitinol, a metal that remembers its shape. This nickel-titanium alloy, initially researched for missiles, can return to its original form after bending when heated. Nitinol's unique property opened a new field of shape-memory alloys. It now finds applications in medicine,…

The Economic Times · May 19

The UFO files: What did we learn from the Pentagon's 1st big release?

On May 8, the Pentagon released its first tranche of "UFO files." Space.com reached out to experts to make sense of this highly anticipated data drop.

Space · May 19

How this Indonesian island was created by a volcano that destroyed itself

The year 1883 saw one of the deadliest eruptions in the history of volcanoes, erupting from the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa (or sometimes referred to as Krakatau). The location was the Sunda Strait that lies between the islands of Java and Sumatra. The power of the eruption was so devastating that…

The Times of India · May 19