Debris is temporarily stopping the rover’s rock-sampling mission.
The 469-foot-tall launch and catch tower is being put through tests at SpaceX’s Texas launch facility.
It took China’s Yutu 2 rover a full month to reach its underwhelming destination.
The upper stage spent nine days in a deteriorating orbit after a failed engine burn.
Potential highlights include the first orbital launch of SpaceX's megarocket and a surprising number of Moon missions.
The levitating vehicles of our dreams might actually be possible, just not on Earth.
After 50 years, scientists will get a chance to study lunar gases collected during Apollo 17 mission.
Space ain't what it used to be, nor will it ever be the same again, as this year so aptly demonstrated.
A 17-year-old program to recognize commercial astronauts is ending, but not before the last set of astronaut wings get handed out.
It’s probably a displaced boulder, but the Yutu 2 rover will now investigate this “obtrusive cube” from up-close to make sure.
The ongoing commercialization of space continues, as NASA transitions away from the aging International Space Station.
The news comes after a Russian anti-satellite test sent out a dangerous cloud of dangerous space debris.
NASA administrator Bill Nelson described Russian state media rumors that a NASA astronaut drilled the hole as false and without credibility.
Musk advised employees to work over the weekend after reading Raptor engine production issues were far worse than previously thought.
That’s assuming SpaceX receives licensing approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Accumulating space debris is leading us toward a catastrophe that could make portions of Earth orbit inaccessible.
Russia acknowledged the test but claims the International Space Station was never at risk from the ensuing debris cloud.
The debris cloud formed after Russia intentionally destroyed one of its defunct satellites, the U.S. State Department says.
Glen de Vries was on a single-engine Cessna 172 aircraft with another passenger, who also died. The FAA and the NTSB are investigating the incident.
Launch of the Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for 9:03 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
