We had to wait 22 months for this milestone.

SpaceX will launch its next astronaut crew for NASA, the Crew-13 mission, on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026 on a mission to the International Space Station. See our live updates.

SpaceX's Crew-13 astronaut launch to the International Space Station will be an 8-hour flight. Here's what to know.

Can you hear the gondoliers from orbit?

See the waning gibbous moon meet the Pleiades star cluster and put your observing skills to the test.

"We clearly see both planets shaping their environment. Now there is an image of them!"

Starship still has some work to do before it's fully up and running.

The superhero series that burned so very brightly before crashing back down to earth.

"We think early Earth might have looked a lot like a lava world."

The newly discovered microbe breaks new ground for complex life.

"We are seeing an extremely overfed black hole wrapped in its own fuel."

Counting down to launch.

A new experiment found that genome organization remained remarkably stable after 24 hours in simulated microgravity.

"Black holes are remarkable cosmic archivists."

"NASA is uncertain as to when … human-rating certification for the Starliner will be obtained."

Construction of the Starlink V3 satellite megaconstellation is officially underway.

"All flybys are risky, requiring very careful planning and continuous monitoring."

Unusual formations in Mars' Arabia Terra region reveal the Red Planet's climate history.

Starship has gone where it has never gone before.

The International Court of Justice's advisory opinions can be used in local cases.

Liftoff is scheduled for Monday (Sept. 28) at 8:15 a.m. EDT (1215 GMT).

The findings also suggest that the material that gave birth to Bennu was representative of the average elemental content of the planet-forming disk that also formed Earth and the planets.

Following a giant collision that smashes a large icy moon apart, simulations have shown the moon can reform and still retain a global ocean of liquid water.

USSF-385 was SpaceX's third national security mission of the month.

Star Trek: Enterprise is far from the best in the franchise, but it has aged better than expected.

September's Harvest Moon rises tonight as the first full moon of Autumn.

Test Flight 14 to Orbit

The Daytime Sextantids meteor shower is approaching maximum activity, but catching one of its elusive meteors won't be easy.

SpaceX will attempt to launch its next Starship Flight 14 test flight to orbit for the first time. Here's what time Starship Flight 14 will launch.

The devout SpaceX fan in your life might be calling off work on Monday.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that just 500 million years after the Big Bang, galaxies were already pumping heavy elements into the infant universe.

Freezing drops of water accelerating through space could hold the truth about life beyond Earth.

Everything looks “owlright” for tonight’s Rocket Lab launch.

The Harvest Moon is full on Sept. 26, but its real magic happens across several evenings when successive moonrises arrive unusually close together.

"It passes through our bodies, our cells and every living organism on the planet, yet we know surprisingly little about whether and how this invisible force affects the way our cells work."

This is looking like one nasty storm.

After more than 36 years in orbit and 1.7 million observations, Hubble continues to explore the universe and provide new insights into the cosmos.

Project Suncatcher is about to go orbital.

Liftoff is scheduled for Monday morning (Sept. 28).

"It sits behind so much dust that it is essentially invisible in ordinary optical images."

'He's showing true courage for the first time in his life. That's a beautiful trajectory to play.'

The SLS rocket engineering cameras offer some of the best launch views possible.

"We hope that our work will pave the way for even more profound discoveries about our universe."

Use September's full moon as a guide to spot the ringed planet, then turn a telescope toward two of the night sky's most rewarding sights.

A spectacular wildflower bloom has transformed parts of Western Australia's normally arid landscape following months of unusually wet weather.

There's also a possible nod to 'Deep Space Nine' in the time-hopping "Tomorrow's Enterprise"

"We've never before seen clear indications of wind plasma falling onto a compact object."

NASA's Perseverance rover uncovered evidence of water interacting with rocks in Mars' Jezero Crater multiple times, including a period of hot groundwater activity.

Buckle up for Seven of Nine exploring a remote cluster of uncanny exoplanets, strange alien artifacts, long lost civilizations, and trippy paranormal anomalies.

A wet dress rehearsal is expected on Thursday (Sept. 24).