With SpaceX’s 100th successful Falcon 9 rocket launch, we’ve reached a pace of space missions not seen since the 1960s.
Author: Emre Kelly, Florida Today
‘We’ve never done any of this before’: NASA anxious to send a $10 billion telescope to space
Scientists have for decades anticipated NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. But they are equally nervous about the precision required for its success.
NASA picks 10 new astronauts out of pool of more than 12,000 applicants
NASA announced its latest class of astronauts Monday, 10 men and women who will train for missions covering the expanse from Earth orbit to the moon.
Jessica Watkins to be first Black woman to join an extended mission on the International Space Station
NASA has assigned astronaut trainee Jessica Watkins to SpaceX’s next crewed launch, making her the first Black woman to join a full ISS mission.
After delays, NASA and SpaceX launch four Crew-3 astronauts to International Space Station from Florida
Despite several delays, NASA and SpaceX astronauts launched from Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, kicking off a roughly day-long trek to the space.
SpaceX returns 4 astronauts back to Earth, ending nearly 200-day flight
A team of astronauts safely splashed down off the Florida coast late Monday, setting the stage for the next crew to launch from Kennedy Space Center.
From NASA to Blue Origin, the cutting-edge space industry has old problems: Sexism and harassment
The space industry, a cutting-edge and romanticized field rife with goals of saving humanity, has an ancient problem: sexism and harassment.
Mercury 13’s famous Wally Funk is going to space with Jeff Bezos and the Blue Origin crew
Wally Funk, a famous aviator who pushed for female inclusion in NASA’s astronaut training programs for decades, to join Blue Origin space flight.
SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth in splashdown off Florida coast
Four astronauts strapped into a Crew Dragon capsule splashed down into the Gulf of Mexico, wrapping up a mission to the International Space Station.
Astronaut Michael Collins, a pilot on Apollo 11’s mission to the moon, dies at 90
Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut and retired Air Force general who piloted Apollo 11’s mission to the moon, died at 90.