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<div data-cycle-pager-template=”” readability=”33.5″> Falcon 9 Launches in Return-to-Flight Mission Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Jan. 14, 2017, carrying 10 satellites to orbit for the company Iridium. The launch was the first for SpaceX since a Falcon 9 exploded during a pre-launch test on Sept. 1, […]

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By Calla Cofield, Space.com Staff Writer | January 14, 2017 07:37am ET Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/J. Major copyright PUBLIC DOMAIN Jupiter with Clouds Early images of Jupiter taken by the JunoCam instrument on NASA’s Juno probe have been made available to the public. (Juno is getting closer to Jupiter than any other probe in history). Citizen scientists […]

Using data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, a citizen scientist created this photo of a half-lit Jupiter. That’s no moon — it’s a crescent Jupiter! The giant gas planet is shown in stunning detail in this photo. It was created by a citizen scientist using raw image data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft , which has been orbiting […]

Update for 1:30 pm ET: SpaceX has successfully launched (and landed) its Falcon 9 rocket and 10 Iridium NEXT satellites. Read our full story here: SpaceX Returns to Flight with 10-Satellite Launch, Rocket Landing Watch Our Launch Video | Watch the Falcon 9 Land at Sea | See Photos from the Launch A SpaceX rocket will take to the […]

Illustration of four SkySats, built by Space Systems Loral for Terra Bella. Spaceflight Industries will launch multiple satellites for Terra Bella on a dedicated rideshare mission slated for launch in late 2017. SAN FRANCISCO — Rumors began circulating in December that two leaders in the small satellite Earth imaging field were on the brink of […]

Artist’s illustration of Moon Express’ MX-1E lander on its way to the moon. One of the teams vying to win a $30 million race to the moon has locked up all the funding needed for its lunar mission, team members said. Moon Express — one of five teams still competing for the Google Lunar X […]

WASHINGTON — NASA is delaying contracts and other awards planned for its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) early this year by a few months, citing uncertainty about the agency’s budget  . The news about the revised ARM schedule, discussed Jan. 11 at a meeting of NASA’s Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) in Tucson, Arizona, came as backers […]