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Skyroot's Vikram-1 successfully completes India's first private orbital rocket launch
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket successfully reached orbit on its debut flight July 18, 2026, launching from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre and becoming the first privately built Indian rocket to do so — making India the third nation, after the US and China, with private orbital launch capability. Video Credit: Skyroot Aerospace
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Apollo 11 lifted off on this day in 1969 — watch the historic launch
On this day, July 16, 1969, NASA's Apollo 11 mission lifted off aboard a mighty Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on humanity's first attempt to land people on the Moon. Four days later, on July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the lunar surface, while Collins remained in lunar orbit aboard the command module. Apollo 11 forever changed the course of space and lunar exploration and remains one of the greatest achievements in human history. Video courtesy: NASA and Getty #Apollo11 #MoonLanding #NASA #SaturnV #NeilArmstrong #BuzzAldrin #MichaelCollins #Moon #SpaceExploration
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SpaceX Starship V3 Flight 12: Full launch, successful landing & planned explosion
SpaceX has released an extended video of Starship Flight 12, offering a complete look at the V3 vehicle's landmark test flight. The footage comes just days before Starship Flight 13, the next test launch could take place as early as Wednesday, July 15. Flight 12 marked the debut of Starship and Super Heavy V3, the new Raptor 3 engines, and the first launch from Pad 2. Despite losing one engine each on the booster and upper stage, Starship completed its mission, deployed 20 Starlink simulators and two modified Starlink satellites, and performed a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The explosion seen after landing was planned as part of post-flight testing and was not an accident. The mission provided valuable data that will help prepare Starship for future flights.
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NASA video shows the first human to float freely in space
On February 7, 1984, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II made history by becoming the first human to float freely in space without a safety tether. During Space Shuttle Challenger's STS-41B mission, he piloted the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), a nitrogen-powered backpack that carried him nearly 320 feet (98 meters) from the shuttle while orbiting Earth at 17,500 mph. His unforgettable solo spacewalk lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes, producing one of the most iconic images in spaceflight history (https://www.nasa.gov/history/photos-from-sts-41b/). As McCandless famously said, "It may have been one small step for Neil, but it's a heck of a big leap for me." Footage courtesy: NASA Video Editing by Starlust.org
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Watch Jupiter’s vivid auroras outshine Earth's in this 10-second timelapse
Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in ultraviolet light, this timelapse reveals the auroras dancing across Jupiter's poles — fueled not just by the Sun, but by the planet's own powerful magnetic field pulling in charged particles from across its system. Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Nichols (University of Leicester)
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What James Webb found inside the Cigar Galaxy is changing astronomers' understanding of it
The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through dense clouds of dust inside Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, revealing millions of stars that remained hidden from previous observations. Using its Near-Infrared Camera, Webb resolved individual stars, stellar clusters, and intricate structures within one of the nearest starburst galaxies, where new stars are forming at an extraordinary rate. These observations are giving astronomers an unprecedented view of the galaxy's hidden stellar population and the processes driving its intense star formation, demonstrating how Webb's infrared capabilities are uncovering parts of the Universe that earlier telescopes could not observe.
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Los Angeles' epic July 4 fireworks shine bright from space for #America250
A celebration visible from orbit! The International Space Station flew over Los Angeles on July 4 as fireworks lit up the city during America's 250th Independence Day celebrations.
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JWST confirms first-ever runaway supermassive black hole fleeing its galaxy at 2.2 million mph
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed RBH-1, a supermassive black hole at least 10 million times the mass of our Sun, being ejected from its host galaxy in the "Cosmic Owl" system at 954 km/s. First spotted by Hubble in 2023 as an unexplained 200,000-light-year streak, JWST's NIRSpec data in December 2025 proved it's a runaway black hole dragging a bow shock and a trail of newborn stars behind it — the first direct confirmation of a phenomenon predicted for over 50 years. Video Credit: NASA References: A Candidate Runaway Supermassive Black Hole”, via iopscience.iop.org: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/acba86 “JWST Confirmation of a Runaway Supermassive Black Hole”, via arxiv.org:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.04166
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Our entire universe as we know it might just be inside a black hole
What if the Big Bang wasn't the beginning of everything, but the birth of our universe inside a giant black hole? In this video, we explore the fascinating idea that our observable universe could exist inside a rotating black hole, and why its size, density, and even Einstein's equations seem to support the possibility. We also dive into the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations of 263 spiral galaxies, why their unexpected spin directions have reignited this decades-old theory, and whether these mysterious patterns could be the first hints that our universe is part of something much bigger. Video edited using footage owned by NASA and ESO. Royalty free music courtesy of Hook Sounds.
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July 2026 skywatching guide: Every major celestial event to watch this month
A complete guide to the night sky in July 2026 From Earth reaching its farthest point from the Sun to a close encounter between Mars and Uranus in the predawn sky, July has plenty in store for skywatchers. You can also follow the month's lunar phases, including the Full Buck Moon, and watch for meteors from the Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids showers. In this quick guide, we'll show you the biggest sky events of the month and exactly when to look up. Stay tuned to Starlust for more updates on skywatching.
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Where are the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts buried?
In 1971, the Soyuz 11 crew- Georgi T. Dobrovolski, Vladislav N. Volkov, and Viktor I. Patsayev - became the first humans to live aboard a space station during their mission to Salyut 1, the world’s first orbital space station. Their 23-day stay proved that long-duration human life in space was possible and marked a major milestone in space exploration. However, during re-entry to Earth, a cabin depressurization occurred in Soyuz 11, and the crew did not survive. The mission ended in tragedy shortly before landing, despite being successful in orbit. After a state funeral in Moscow, their remains were cremated and placed inside the Kremlin Wall at Red Square, one of the highest honors in the Soviet Union. Today, their legacy remains both a breakthrough in human spaceflight and a reminder of its risks. Video Credits: Archival Footage: Roscosmos TV — https://www.youtube.com/@tvroscosmos Additional Imagery: NASA
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Can NASA rescue this dying 20-year-old space telescope before it falls to Earth?
A launch this week could determine the fate of one of NASA's oldest working space telescopes. No earlier than July 1, Katalyst Space's LINK robotic servicing spacecraft will launch aboard Northrop Grumman's air-launched Pegasus XL rocket from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, where it will begin a months-long mission to rendezvous with NASA's 20-year-old Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. After recent solar storms caused Swift to lose altitude faster than expected, LINK will attempt to capture the observatory and boost it into a higher orbit instead of letting it re-enter Earth's atmosphere. The mission will test a groundbreaking robotic satellite servicing capability that could make future space missions more sustainable and far more cost-effective than replacing aging spacecraft. Video Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Katalyst Space/Northrop Grumman Producers: Sophia Roberts (eMITS), Scott Wiessinger (eMITS) Science writer: Jeanette Kazmierczak (University of Maryland College Park)
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NASA has confirmed 6,000 alien worlds scattered across our universe- some are just bizarre
Just three decades ago, astronomers had no evidence that planets commonly orbited other stars. Then in 2025, NASA confirmed more than 6,000 exoplanets across the Milky Way, revealing a staggering diversity of worlds beyond our Solar System. Many of these planets were discovered by NASA's Kepler and TESS missions, which search for the faint dimming of starlight that happens when a planet passes in front of its host star. These discoveries have transformed our understanding of planetary systems, uncovering everything from scorching gas giants and exotic "super-Earths" to rocky worlds that may resemble our own. With thousands of additional candidates still under investigation, the census of known exoplanets continues to grow.