Space Exploration

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates launched successfully to the International Space Station on Tuesday on board a Russian spacecraft.

Astronaut Sunita Williams is scheduled to speak publicly on Monday for the very first time since splashing back down to Earth earlier this month.

Blue Origin has set a launch date for sending Gayle King, Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez and three other women into space.

A private lunar lander from Texas-based Firefly has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon.

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts.

Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday evening on their way to the International Space Station.

A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA’s two stuck astronauts.

A new astronaut crew’s arrival at the International Space Station will kick off the process of bringing Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore back to Earth.

After several delays, the mission launched from California on Tuesday.

A SpaceX Starship megarocket exploded during a test flight Thursday near Brownsville, Texas.

SpaceX launched a mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke about their nine months aboard the International Space Station in advance of their return home.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have to wait until their replacements arrive at the International Space Station next week before they can check out.

Last-minute problems have delayed the latest launch of SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship.

Texas-based firefly’s private lunar lander has touched down on the moon, delivering a drill and other experiments for NASA.

A privately built spacecraft has successfully landed on the moon, a feat that only one other company has accomplished in spaceflight history, NBC News reported.

SpaceX has attained authorization from regulators to fly its massive Starship rocket once again, the FAA announced on Friday.

Sanchez invited Perry and King along with Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist who now heads an engineering firm, research scientist Amanda Nguyen and movie producer Kerianne Flynn.

The celebrities join three other women as the crew of the upcoming Blue Origin journey, which is set to launch this spring.

A new study in Nature Communications shows that the so-called Red Planet’s color comes from a water-rich mineral called ferrihydrite.