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We now have a launch date for the debut mission of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket. If all goes according to plan, New Glenn will lift off for the first time on Friday (Jan. 10) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, during a three-hour window that opens at 1 a.m. EST (0600 GMT).
Last year, SLD 45 - the world's busiest spaceport in 2024 -- saw a record-breaking 93 rocket launches from the Eastern Range, which, collectively, delivered 1,389 orbital assets into space, according to a statement from the U.S. Space Force.
Auroras are one of the most dazzling shows in the night sky, but to see them, you have to be in the right place at the right time. Our aurora forecast live blog tells you everything you need to know about upcoming geomagnetic activity and the likelihood of seeing the northern lights depending on your location. We will also keep you informed of any significant space weather events such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and coronal holes which could bring strong aurora-sparking solar winds our way.
After a successful engine burn test in October, Maine-based bluShift Aerospace is planning for its next big milestone: a suborbital flight test toward the end of 2025. The rocket company, located at Brunswick Landing in southern Maine, was founded over a decade ago. In January of 2021, the company carved its niche in space history when it became the first to commercially use non-toxic biofuel to power its inaugural rocket prototype, Stardust 1.0, on a successful test launch.
(Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAImage processing: R. Colombari & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab))
Astronomers have captured a breathtaking new image of thousands of galaxies, thanks to the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation's VΓctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
SpaceX is ready for the next Starship flight test, aiming to make strides toward full reusability of the launch system at the start of what promises to be a massive year for the launcher. Launch from Starbase Orbital Launch Pad A in South Texas is currently scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Eastern (2200 GMT) Jan. 10. The launch window will be open for 97 minutes, with backup days running to Jan. 16. You'll be able to tune into the livestream on Space.com, if SpaceX makes it available as usual.
Instead of chilled glasses and champagne bubbles to ring in the New Year, how about gassy geysers and frosty avalanches? That's exactly what you can expect as the Martian New Year begins on the Red Planet with the onset of spring across its Northern Hemisphere.
