Today’s hidden fact · Sunday, August 9, 2026

Voyager Is the Farthest Human Object Ever — and It Still Calls Home Daily

Voyager 1 is over 24 billion km away, so far its radio signal takes 22+ hours to arrive, sent by a transmitter weaker than a refrigerator bulb.

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15 launches on the horizon

6 asteroids passing this week

Daily updates, with no humans involved

Right now in space

The Space Station LIVE

A football-field-sized lab, falling around Earth at 8 km every second.

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Contacting the tracking station…

Humans off Earth right now

Crew-12 Dragon Jessica Meir · Jack Hathaway · Sophie Adenot · Andrey Fedyaev

Shenzhou 23 Zhu Yangzhu · Zhang Zhiyuan · Lai Ka-ying

Soyuz MS-29 Pyotr Dubrov · Anna Kikina · Anil Menon

Crew-13 Dragon Jessica Watkins · Luke Delaney · Joshua Kutryk · Sergey Teteryatnikov

Next rocket leaves in

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Checking the launch schedule…

Closest space rock this week

2015 TS238

Thursday, Oct 8 · passes 1,813,910 km away — 4.7× the Moon's distance · ~36 m wide · 56,916 km/h

The cosmos right now

Live from NASA and the world's launch pads — refreshed every morning.

NASA Picture of the Day

NASA Science

Have you ever seen the full moon rise? This colorful image was photographed last weekend in Sicily, just outside the town of Nicosia, in Italy. It is a composite photograph that shows the Moon rising as the sky turns darker. Lower clouds are reflecting the col…

NASA APOD · Oct 1

Upcoming Rocket Launches

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
Oct 5, 08:17 UTC · SpaceX
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6
Oct 7, 03:23 UTC · Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Naro Space Center, South Korea
Long March 12 | Unknown Payload
Oct 9, 19:25 UTC · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-25
Oct 10, 23:00 UTC · SpaceX
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35
Oct 13, 10:33 UTC · SpaceX
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)
Oct 19, 19:41 UTC · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-04)
Oct 31, 00:00 UTC · Arianespace
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Oct 31, 00:00 UTC · SpaceX
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)
Oct 31, 00:00 UTC · Indian Space Research Organization
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Long March 12A | Flight 2
Oct 31, 00:00 UTC · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
SSLV | AayulSAT-1A & others
Oct 31, 00:00 UTC · Indian Space Research Organization
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)
Oct 31, 00:00 UTC · United Launch Alliance
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P)
Nov 24, 05:03 UTC · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Ariane 62 | Metop-SG B1
Nov 30, 00:00 UTC · Arianespace
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-1
Nov 30, 00:00 UTC · Indian Space Research Organization
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India