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Starship is coming home! SpaceX loads floating spacecraft onto huge ship in the Indian Ocean (photos)

SpaceX has loaded Flight 13's Starship upper stage onto a ship in the Indian Ocean, more than a month after the vehicle splashed down. It is now headed home to Texas.

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Trump tried to scrap NASA's Roman Space Telescope last year. Now it's ready to launch

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch, but the observatory almost had a very different fate. President Trump's leaked budget proposal last year marked it for cancellation.

Space

Looking up: French sailors ditch GPS to rediscover celestial art of navigation

Astronaut Sophie Adenot made history this month as the first French woman to perform a spacewalk. Back on Earth, space enthusiasts across France are finding their own ways to reach for the stars. In the fourth of a five-part series, RFI meets amateur sailors learning to navigate by the stars,…

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Glowing galaxy with anomalous extra arms | Space photo of the day for Aug. 27, 2026

A trio of NASA space telescopes teamed up to capture a gorgeous new look at the glowing spiral galaxy NGC 4258 and its two anomalous extra arms.

Space

Powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches European weather satellite to orbit (video)

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launched the sharp-eyed MTG-I2 weather satellite to orbit today (Aug. 27).

Space

Looking up: French collector gathers lunar photos that changed our view of space

Astronaut Sophie Adenot made history this month as the first French woman to perform a spacewalk. Back on Earth, space enthusiasts across France are finding their own ways to reach for the stars. In the last of a five-part series, space historian and collector Victor Martin-Malburet talks to RFI about…

Radio France Internationale

Artemis II astronauts are set to receive America's highest spaceflight honour on August 28

The four astronauts who flew NASA's Artemis II mission around the Moon are set to receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, one of the highest distinctions the United States awards for achievements in human spaceflight. According to NASA, President Donald J. Trump will present the medal to NASA astronauts…

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Musk Bets $100B on World's Largest Spaceport in Louisiana: 10K+ Jobs, 1M AI Satellites Planned

SpaceX will spend $100B on a Louisiana spaceport, its largest, to fly Starship and launch up to 1 million AI data-centre satellites into orbit.

International Business Times UK

From spy satellite to space telescope: The unlikely origins of NASA's Roman Space Telescope

At the heart of this next-gen space telescope lies the parts of old spy satellites.

Space

Astronomers discover hot watery exoplanet destined to be swallowed by its star

A newly discovered water dominated exoplanet is in hot-water literally and figuratively, it orbits so close to its parent star it is headed to a fatal collision that will see it devoured.

Space

SpaceX's Stock Is Whipsawing Around Its IPO Price. Morgan Stanley Says It's 'Attractively Valued.'

An analyst from the bank said the company's announcement about its intention to spend $100 billion to build a spaceport in Louisiana would increase its launch cadence and position it to top forecasts.

International Business Times

Exclusive: French astronaut Sophie Adenot recounts her ‘miracle’ mission from orbiting ISS

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and RFI from the International Space Station, French astronaut Sophie Adenot hailed a "mission accomplished" after two spacewalks to replace a faulty antenna and called the operation "a miracle", given the mechanical setbacks. She also described the "blatant" signs of climate change she…

France 24

Massive space mirrors could be 40 times brighter than the full moon, astronomers warn. 'It will be worse than big cities like London'

Sun-reflecting space mirrors proposed by U.S. startup Reflect Orbital will have an even more devastating effect on the night sky around the world than previously thought, a study has found.

Space

Chance gaze at old Hubble Telescope image leads to discovery that could reveal dark matter's secrets

On a morning train commute, this former scientist found a stellar surprise in an old Hubble image.

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Partial lunar eclipse: How and when to see it in London

The astronomical event will see around 93% of the the Moon obscured by Earth’s shadow on Friday morning

Radio France Internationale

Looking up: Amateur meteorite hunters search for clues to origins of universe

French astronaut Sophie Adenot made history this month as the first French woman to perform a spacewalk. Back on Earth, space enthusiasts across France are finding their own ways to reach for the stars. In the third of a five-part series, RFI hears from volunteers in south-west France who are…

Space

SpaceX's final Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Florida creates gorgeous 'jellyfish' over New York City (video)

SpaceX's last planned Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Florida created a memorable sight for folks hundreds of miles away — a glowing "jellyfish" high in the sky.

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SpaceX sends Starlink satellites to orbit on predawn launch from California

SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Aug. 26), in a predawn liftoff from California's central coast.

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Inside the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory

Here's a rundown of all the major parts of NASA's Roman Space Telescope launching Aug. 30.

The Times of India

SpaceX’s $100 billion bet on Louisiana Starbase: 3,000 jobs, rocket hub - why it matters

SpaceX plans to build a $100 billion, 125,000-acre (50,585-hectare) Starship launch complex on Pecan Island in US' southern Louisiana, an area that serves as protected habitat for dozens of migratory bird species and whose receding wetlands help shield inland communities from flooding.

France 24

SpaceX to build $100 billion rocket launch facility in southern Louisiana

SpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday for a $100 billion rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana, its largest yet, aimed at supporting Starship and AI satellite missions. The 125,000-acre Starbase Louisiana site on Pecan Island could eventually handle thousands of Starship launches annually, the company said.

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'You just saved the video dish': Two astronauts complete spacewalk to replace ISS antenna

Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot completed a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Tuesday, (Aug. 25), installing a replacement Space-to-Ground antenna on the outside of the International Space Station.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk's space company to build new rocket launching site in Louisiana

Elon Musk’s space company plans to spend $100 billion to build a new spaceport in Louisiana to launch rockets

Space

Starbase Louisiana: SpaceX announces enormous $100 billion Starbase launch site

A new spaceport will bring 10 launch pads to Louisiana's Gulf Coast and support thousands of Starship launches per year.

Space

The bubbling surface of doomed supergiant star Betelgeuse has been revealed like never before

Betelgeuse may be a well-known and often-studied stellar object, but that doesn't mean astronomers aren't capable of capturing this doomed star in a completely new light.

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