Spacecraft, stars and city lights | Space photo of the day Feb. 25, 2026

Cities far below the International Space Station and stars far in the cosmic distance create ghostly trails of light in a long-exposure photograph from NASA astronaut Chris Williams.

‘The Space Force is my baby’: Trump lauds military space in State of the Union but skips Artemis 2 moon crew namedrop

President Trump lauded the Space Force in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night (Feb. 24) but did not mention the Artemis 2 moon mission, which could launch as soon as April 1.

Watch NASA roll Artemis 2 moon rocket off launch pad today to deal with glitch

NASA will roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket off the launch pad on Wednesday (Feb. 25) to deal with a glitch, and you can watch the four-mile trek live.

‘Some of the cracks had penetrated through’: Chinese astronauts reveal new details about spacecraft that ‘stranded’ them in space last year

Crew members of China’s Shenzhou-20 mission recently detailed their reactions upon finding cracks in their spacecraft’s viewport during the nation’s first spaceflight emergency.

China’s mysterious Shenlong space plane recently launched on its 4th mission. What is it doing up there?

China’s reusable Shenlong space plane launched on its fourth space mission earlier this month. What is it doing in Earth orbit, and how do those activities advance China’s space goals?

Satellites watch as bomb cyclone hits northeast U.S. with snow and lightning

A major snow storm hitting the northeast U.S. has been captured in satellite imagery.

We ate space mushrooms and survived to tell the tale

They were gourmet, but not from any grocery store you can find on Earth.

NASA’s Perseverance rover now has its own ‘GPS’ on Mars: ‘We’ve given the rover a new ability’

NASA’s Perseverance rover can now pinpoint its exact location on Mars without help from Earth, paving the way for longer, more autonomous exploration.

Falcon 9 rocket sets new reuse record on SpaceX’s 2nd Starlink launch of the day (video)

Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, each carrying Starlink satellites, launched from California and Florida on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. The second booster set a new reuse record.

NASA’s Artemis 2 moon rocket has a problem and it’s leaving the launch pad. Don’t expect a moonshot in March

NASA on Sunday (Sept. 22) announced that the space agency will roll its massive Artemis 2 moon rocket to fix a helium system glitch on the massive booster.