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EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. EST after tensioning of the first sunshield layer. Updated at 8 p.m. EST…

File photo of a stack of Starlink satellites before a previous mission.. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX plans to kick…

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Northrop Grumman teams work with the sunshield on the James Webb…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated with one-day delay in sunshield tensioning. Artist’s concept of the James Webb Space Telescope, as it…

　　The China National Space Administration published on Saturday four pictures taken by its Tianwen 1 Mars mission, including…

An Angara A5 rocket lifts off Dec. 27 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense The…

China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province early…

China on Wednesday successfully sent the Tianhui-4 satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the…

JWST’s sunshield deployment during a ground test at Northrop Grumman. Credit: NASA The James Webb Space Telescope opened…

A Long March 7A rocket lifts off Dec. 23 from the Wenchang space center. Credit: CASC China launched…

Artist’s illustration of Webb’s configuration as of Dec. 29, with its Deployable Tower Assembly extended. Credit: NASA The…

Taikonauts Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu have completed their extravehicular activities (EVAs) and returned to the space station…