Ever have a scary HR meeting on your calendar? That’s how the Artemis 3 crew found out their assignments

NASA took an unconventional approach to informing the astronauts of Artemis 3 about their crew assignments.

SpaceX’s stock wasn’t the company’s only launch today — It also put 29 Starlink satellites in orbit

Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 8:27 a.m. ET, just over an hour before SpaceX went public on the NASDAQ stock market.

Japan’s H3 rocket bounces back from failure with successful return to flight launch carrying 6 satellites

Japan successfully completed its first mission with its H3 rocket since a launch failure last year resulted in the loss of a payload.

Why is the US Space Force researching ‘orbital warehouses’?

As the US military readies for two 2027 missions to test spacecraft maneuvering, a new challenge with orbital warehouses aims to beef up space infrastructure.

Satellite-boosting spacecraft inside air-launched rocket | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2026

A spacecraft was recently prepped for encapsulation inside of its rocket at one of NASA’s launch facilities ahead of its launch to save another satellite.

The critical robot arm on the ISS isn’t working properly, but NASA has a plan to fix it

A part of Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS broke in May, requiring repairs by spacewalking astronauts no earlier than June 30. A spare is already on the station.

SpaceX goes public with a mind-bogglingly historic IPO. The space industry may never be the same.

With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut.

SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit as market awaits IPO launch (video)

Liftoff of the Falcon 9 was at 11:05 a.m. EDT on Thursday (June 11) as anticipation soared for SpaceX to debut on the NASDAQ.

Elon Musk wants to put 1 million AI satellites in space. Here’s how SpaceX could do it

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlined more details for his company’s planned data centers in space ahead of a widely anticipated IPO on Friday (June 12) expected to make him a trillionaire.

NASA chief defends all-male Artemis 3 astronaut crew amid backlash: ‘I don’t think anyone should be reading into this’

The four astronauts named to the Artemis 3 crew are all male, but NASA officials emphasized they were selected based on their qualifications and experience.