NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.

A big restructuring of NASA’s plans to land astronauts on the moon is adding missions and speeding up the timeline, but some hardware might have to be cut loose in the process.

Did Earth life actually begin on Mars? Asteroid impacts could let microbes planet-hop, study suggests

“Life might actually survive being ejected from one planet and moving to another.”

Japan’s 1st HTV-X cargo craft leaves the International Space Station (photo)

Japan’s new HTV-X cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay.

Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for ‘confidential commercial customer’ (video)

Rocket Lab launched a mystery satellite for a confidential commercial customer this evening (March 5). It was the company’s 83rd liftoff to date.

Enormous solar power array seen from orbit | Space photo of the day for March 5, 2026

This stunning satellite image of Ouarzazate, Morocco, was taken by Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Vast raises $500 million to keep developing ‘Haven’ private space stations

Vast has raised $500 million in new funding, which the California startup will put toward its goal of getting private space stations up and running in Earth orbit.

The Rubin Observatory will change the game for astronomy — if satellite companies don’t get in the way

Scientists gathered in a conference earlier this year in an effort to solve the issue of satellite streaks ruining a powerful new Earth-based observatory’s data.

‘War of the Worlds’ in reverse? Mars dirt could help fight off a microbial invasion from Earth

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological activity.

SpaceX Starlink launch creates gorgeous ‘jellyfish’ in predawn Florida skies (video, photos)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday (March 4), creating a sky show for early risers.

Russia fixes launch pad damaged by Thanksgiving astronaut launch to the International Space Station

Russia has fixed Site 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, the only pad supporting the nation’s human spaceflight missions. It had been out of commission since late November.