NASA’s LINK mission to save its falling Swift telescope fails weeks after launch. Here's what will happen next
The LINK mission launched on July 3 to rendezvous with Swift and raise the telescope's orbit.
Published: Aug 20, 2026 | By Harsh Vardhan
SpaceX completes 100th orbital mission of 2026; achieves milestone for third year in a row
Out of the total, 97 are Falcon missions whereas the others involved Falcon Heavy and Starship.
Published: Aug 19, 2026 | By Harsh Vardhan
NASA releases much-awaited images of crater carved by Falcon 9 rocket debris on the Moon on August 5
Prior to this, South Korea’s Danuri orbiter had captured before and after photos of the impact site.
Published: Aug 19, 2026 | By Harsh Vardhan
China's LandSpace joins elite club with SpaceX, Blue Origin after Zhuque-3 booster recovery on land
LandSpace is only the third private firm across the world to have successfully recovered an orbital-class rocket.
Published: Aug 19, 2026 | By Shiladitya Ray
Watch: Moment ESA’s Sophie Adenot reenters ISS as the first French woman to complete a spacewalk
Accompanied by NASA's Anil Menon, she spent 6 hours and 23 minutes removing a failed Space-to-Ground antenna for high-speed communication.
Published: Aug 19, 2026 | By Harsh Vardhan
SpaceX finally hauls Starship's Ship 40 to Christmas Island after 24 days lost at sea
SpaceX engineers will now inspect Ship 40 closely before attempting to bring it back to Starbase.
Published: Aug 18, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge: Public innovators put their lunar rover wheel designs to the test at Rock Yard
"Crowdsourcing gives us an opportunity to look beyond traditional approaches for lunar wheel design."
Published: Aug 18, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
NASA administrator says he's 'extremely confident' Artemis III will launch in 2027
Stacking has already begun on the SLS rocket set to fly Artemis III next year.
Published: Aug 17, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Blue Origin CEO confirms New Glenn progress as company tests new concept of operations
The company had a simulator of its New Glenn upper stage put together at a Florida spaceport.
Published: Aug 17, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
What is China’s Chang’e-7 mission launching this month to hunt for water at the Moon’s South Pole?
It is the first Moon mission to include an orbiter, lander, rover, and a small hopping spacecraft.
Published: Aug 17, 2026 | By Harsh Vardhan
ESA's Sophie Adenot to become first French woman to perform spacewalk on August 18: Livestream details
Adenot will be accompanied by NASA's Anil Menon who completed his first spacewalk with station commander Jessica Meir on August 6.
Published: Aug 17, 2026 | By Harsh Vardhan
Watch: SpaceX launches back-to-back Falcon 9 missions in 38 minutes, sets new orbital record
The first Falcon 9 lifted off from Florida followed by another from California carrying the US Space Force's secret payload.
Published: Aug 16, 2026 | By Harsh Vardhan
Northrop Grumman to reuse components of postponed Gateway lunar space station for Moon Base missions
The Lunar Infrastructure Demo missions will allow NASA to test lunar technologies for the long run.
Published: Aug 14, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Blue Origin CEO shares latest updates as company revamps Cape Canaveral launchpad after May mishap
CEO Dave Limp shared updates on LC-36A's reconstruction and progress on LC-36B.
Published: Aug 13, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Astronaut Mike Fincke retires from NASA months after historic medical evacuation from ISS
According to NASA, Fincke ranks fourth among its astronauts in accumulated time in space with 549 days.
Published: Aug 13, 2026 | By Harsh Vardhan
Robot dogs on the Moon? China could use them to build and guard permanent lunar bases, says report
The robots will also reportedly be designed to clean, prepare meals and talk to the astronauts during periods of isolation.
Published: Aug 12, 2026 | By Harsh Vardhan
China's Long March 7A rocket explodes moments after liftoff; Elon Musk reacts. Watch video
The incident marked only the second failure of Long March 7A, which has been a workhorse for China.
Published: Aug 11, 2026 | By Shiladitya Ray
NASA reschedules upcoming spacewalks after bizarre CO2 readings from Anil Menon's suit: Check new dates
August is likely to see a surge in extra vehicular activities outside the ISS by NASA astronauts.
Published: Aug 10, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Elon Musk may consider Starship's heat shield problem 'solved', but experts think it's a 'dead end'
An independent analysis by ex-NASA professionals suggests that full and rapid reusability for Starship is still far off.
Updated: Aug 10, 2026 | By Saubhagya Mukherjee
NASA’s mission to save Swift telescope still in trouble as rescue spacecraft continues spinning in space
The spacecraft is said to be on a multi-axis spin which is hindering communication and reducing the chances of saving Swift.
Published: Aug 9, 2026 | By Harsh Vardhan