Josh Dinner is Space.com's Spaceflight Staff Writer and a photographer with a passion for science and exploration. He has worked the space beat since 2016, covering the evolution of NASA's commercial spaceflight partnerships and crewed missions, planetary science missions, the Artemis program and humanity's return to the moon. He also enjoys building 1:144-scale model rockets and spacecraft. Find some of Josh's launch photography on Instagram, and follow him on X, where he mostly posts in haiku.
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If you liked Starship in LEO (low Earth orbit), you're going to love Starship in the new FTO (final tanking orbit).

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The leader of NASA's first mission around the moon in half a century is the last to announce what's next for him after retiring from active astronaut duty.

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Point-to-point delivery, or P2D, is a VBD according to the AFRL.

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Virgin Galactic has officially unveiled its first "Delta-class" space plane, and announced the results of the worldwide vote to choose its name.

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Space tourism is about to make a comeback.

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SpaceX launched 27 more Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit overnight (Oct. 27), aboard a Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off from California in the wee hours of darkness.

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SpaceX conducted a static-fire test with its Super Heavy booster B22 on Sunday (Oct. 25), beginning a test campaign to ready the giant rocket for Starship's Flight Test 15.

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NASA is overhauling how it selects and develops science missions, with changes intended to reduce costs, streamline competition and get missions into space faster.

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SpaceX sent 27 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Oct. 23), in its first Starlink launch in 11 days.

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This was not exactly what engineers had in mind when they performed Space Rider's drop test.
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NASA has updated the timeline for its Artemis III mission and mapped out the expected progress for SpaceX and Blue Origin's respective moon landers.

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Japan just launched an epic mission to Mars' moons that could make history as the first spacecraft to return to Earth from the Red Planet — and it plans to come back with samples onboard.

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MMX could be the first spacecraft to ever return from orbit around the Red Planet.

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Get ready for the "new era of Super Intelligence."

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Docking occurred 10:27 a.m. EDT.

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After more than 2 months, Ship 40 is back home at Starbase.

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The SpaceX cargo launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday morning (Oct. 13) created a dazzling display seen up and down the US East Coast.

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Real-life astronaut and science communicator Emily Calandrelli will make a guest appearance in the upcoming episode of Disney Jr.'s animated "Marvel's Iron Man and his Awesome Friends" on Oct. 14.

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Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026: Updates on SpaceX and NASA's Crew-12 astronaut mission home from the International Space Station.
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Google is celebrating World Space Week 2026's Rocket Revolution with a sparkling Google Doodle of the Rosebud Nebula.

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SpaceX launched the Crew-13 mission on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, delivering four astronauts to the International Space Station. See our live updates.

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SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-13 mission this morning (Oct. 1), sending four astronauts to the International Space Station for a six-month stay.

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NASA and SpaceX have given the "go" to proceed toward the Oct. 1 launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-13 mission will lift off at 11:10 a.m. ET, if all goes to plan.
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