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SpaceX's Starship engine failure could cause problem for NASA's 2028 moon mission objectives

A longer delay would pose not only a greater setback to SpaceX's commercial ambitions to rapidly expand its Starlink broadband satellite network, but its pivotal role in NASA's Artemis moon program.

The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2026.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) launches from Space Force Station's Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 21, 2026.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage to crash into Moon at seven times the speed of sound

Blue Origin New Glenn explodes at Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, on May 29, 2026.

WATCH: Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad

Artemis II astronauts, NASA Commander Reid Wiseman, NASA Pilot Victor Glover, NASA Mission Specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, flank U.S. President Donald Trump as he speaks in the Oval Office, Washington, DC, US, April 29, 2026.

Trump welcomes NASA Artemis II astronauts to Oval Office after Moon mission


NASA mission to Saturn aims to understand the chemistry of life

The Dragonfly mission will start its three year voyage to Titan, Saturn's titanic moon, in the year 2027.

NASA's planned Dragonfly rotorcraft lander approaches a site to explore on Saturn's moon

Russia launches spacecraft to rescue cosmonauts, astronaut stranded on ISS

An external coolant leak was detected on the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-22, rendering it inoperable for a standard return mission.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev conducts a spacewalk with Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin (not pictured) outside the International Space Station (ISS), November 17, 2022.

20 years since Columbia: NASA remembers its fallen astronauts

This year's NASA Remembrance day held a special significance for Israel, as it marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Israel's first astronaut.

 Sheryl Chafee, center, Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF) Board of Directors chairperson, accompanied by NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, and Kennedy Space Director Janet Petro, lay a wreath in front of the Space Mirror Memorial during the Day of Remembrance on Jan. 26, 2023.

Russian space intel collapsing because of sanctions, Ukraine claims

Russia is considering the creation of a new national space station to replace the ISS.

This Week in History: Russia took the world by surprise when it launched the first man-made satellite into space

'Planet Killer' asteroid hidden in sun's glare

The asteroid in question, dubbed 2022 AP7, was first discovered in January 2022. It is quite large, likely over 1 kilometer in size.

 An asteroid is seen passing by the Earth in a flyby (Illustrative).

There used to be rivers on Mars - here is how we know

Mars' dried up oceans and water sources are a productive place to start in the search for life on the red planet. 

 Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun (illustrative).

Growing space: Israeli experiment will try to grow plants on moon in 2025

A team of researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has been selected to be performed in Space-IL's "Beresheet 2" spacecraft expedition.

The Moon, as seen from a distance of 500km

SpinLaunch successfully completes Suborbital Accelerator test flight

The test showed that standard satellite parts supplied by the company's partners will work with the launch environment.

Lunar base concept drawing from NASA

NASA invites you to gaze at the moon

NASA's website explains that "this celebration provides opportunities to learn about lunar science and exploration, observe celestial bodies, and honor ... connections to the Moon."

 A view of the full NASA Gateway configuration orbiting the Moon with Orion approaching Gateway (Illustrative).

NASA prepares to deflect asteroid in mission that can one day save Earth

The first-of-its-kind mission - called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission - will see a spacecraft crash into an asteroid to see if it is possible to change its trajectory.

 This image mosaic of asteroid 253 Mathilde releaseed by NASA 30 June is constructed from four images acquired by the NEAR spacecraft on 27 June. The images were taken from a distance of 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) with sunlight coming from the upper right.