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Australian nanosatellite snaps 1st selfie in space before tracking cosmic gamma-ray bursts (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson published

Australia's SpIRIT nanosatellite has snapped its first "selfie" from space, marking a successful start to its mission.

Satellites
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Chinese space station astronauts feast on spicy lamb, mooncakes for mid-autumn festival (video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

The crew on the Chinese Tiangong space station enjoyed tasty treats for mid-Autumn festival while spending time looking at the Earth below them.

Space Exploration
A white Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off with 6 passengers aboard.

Blue Origin launches 6 'Space Nomads,' including mystery passenger, on suborbital space tourist flight (video)

By Mike Wall published

Blue Origin launched its 15th space tourism mission today (Oct. 8), sending six people on a brief trip to the final frontier.

Private Spaceflight
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Watch Blue Origin launch its 15th space tourism mission today

By Mike Wall last updated

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch its 15th space tourism mission on Wednesday morning (Oct. 8), and you can watch it live.

Private Spaceflight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 7, 2025.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites on its 29th-ever liftoff (video)

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for the 29th time on Tuesday (Oct. 7), one shy of the company's reuse record.

Launches & Spacecraft
A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launches the military space debris mitigation satellite Shijian-21from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Oct. 24, 2021.

China is developing ways to de-orbit space junk. Should we be worried?

By Andrew Jones published

As Beijing prepares to tackle space debris, transparency and trust will determine whether the effort is viewed as stewardship or a strategic threat.

Satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida on Oct. 7, 2025.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched 28 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Oct. 7), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.

Launches & Spacecraft
A large group of people stand on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in bright sunlight.

Bill Nye and the Planetary Society hold 'Save NASA Science' day of action on Capitol Hill

By Josh Dinner published

"When it comes to exploration, there is no private option."

Space Exploration
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The 'ultraview effect': What happens when we bring human spirituality to outer space?

By Jessica Rendall published

As we bring more human consciousness to space, we'll bring with it our human religions while finding new names for new types of spiritual experiences unique to space.

Space Exploration
A visualization of NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter.

NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter may have come to an end, but no one can confirm

By Josh Dinner published

The U.S. government shut down the same day Juno's last mission extension expired, putting the status of the mission in limbo.

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