
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon complete a spacewalk on Aug. 18, 2026.

On Aug. 25, 1997, NASA launched the Advanced Composition Explorer, or ACE satellite to study energetic particles traveling through space, including solar wind and space weather. Here’s why it mattered.
Florida-based Lonestar Data Holdings has contracted Polish startup Ares Shield to provide protection for its off-Earth data centers, in a deal worth up to $6 million.

No GPS? No problem. A team of NASA satellites are extending their stay in space after successfully proving out navigation by other means.

NASA astronaut Anil Menon and France’s Sophie Adenot will conduct a spacewalk today (Aug. 25) to replace a space-to-ground-antenna on the International Space Station. Here’s how to watch live.

SpaceX plans to retire its workhorse Falcon 9 once it gets the next-gen Starship megarocket online. But what will removing one of the most-flown rockets in history do to the current launch market?

SpaceX set a new rocket-reuse record early Tuesday morning (Aug. 25), on its 100th Falcon 9 flight of the year.

Follow NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and its launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to begin its mission to explore the universe.

On Aug. 23, 1961, NASA launched the Ranger 1 robotic spacecraft on a precursor mission to test new technologies for later moon missions.

China has delayed its ambitious ice-hunting Chang’e 7 mission to the moon’s south pole due to a brewing storm near the launch site. A new target date has not been announced.