The SpaceX rocket expected to smash into the moon is seen lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 15 January 2025. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA By Associated Press, Published by The Guardian, 31 July 2026 Scientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket debris burns up over Ingersleben, Germany on Feb. 19, 2025. (Image credit: Bennett Theile) By Selam Gebrekidan, Published by the New York Times, 31 July 2026 Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who’s to blame? And who pays for the damage?
SpaceX's first orbital Starship SN20 is stacked atop its massive Super Heavy Booster 4 at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 29 July 2026 WASHINGTON — The
If the rocket, called RFA One, is launched successfully it would be the first time satellites have been carried into space from UK soil. By PA Media, Published by STV News, 28 July 2026 Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has chosen to “de-stack” its 30m-tall rocket, currently on a launchpad at
A National Reconnaissance Office satellite sits on a Rocket Lab Electron vehicle before its Aug. 4, 2022, launch. Credit: Rocket Lab By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 27 July 2026 New Kodiak facility will support up to 18 suborbital missions for military testing WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab will establish
How the Lockheed Martin rocket was envisioned taking off from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands By Jon Yeomans, Published y The Times, 25 July 2026 Lockheed Martin has abandoned plans for a first space rocket launch from British soil after failing to find a partner for the project. The
Notional depiction of space-based interception. Elements of this illustration were created in MidJourney, an artificial intelligence tool. Credit: THOR Design Studio By William J. Astore, Published by New Internationalist, 22 July 2026 As space becomes an increasingly vital arena for war, William J Astore tracks its increased militarization. ‘One point five trillion
DARC technical demonstrator in White Sands, New Mexico By Martin Shipton, Published by Nation Cymru, 21 July 2026 Campaigners against a controversial plan by the US military to build a radar system in west Wales are celebrating a decision by the Welsh Government to “call in” the planning application. PARC
