Dragon spacecraft: SpaceX, Axiom and NASA’s first civilian space flight launches
By Isabel Keane Three men and a retired NASA astronaut will spend the next 10 days in orbit, including eight days aboard the station as part of the inaugural trip…
SpaceX Permit Review for Texas Launch Site Halted by Army Corps
By Justin Bachman and Sergio Chapa (Bloomberg) — SpaceX’s application for an expansion of its South Texas launch site was suspended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after the…
SpaceX, Rivals Get a Lift as Industry Shuns Russian Soyuz Rocket
By Justin Bachman Russia’s Soyuz rocket has carried people and payloads to space for decades, a workhorse that has amassed a record of reliability as the most launched in spaceflight…
NASA’s Big, New Moon Rocket Set for Rollout to Florida Launch Pad
NASA’s next-generation moon rocket was due on Thursday to make a highly anticipated, slow-motion journey from an assembly plant to its launch pad in Florida for a final round of…
Solar eruption captured in unprecedented image
By Katie Hunt A striking and unprecedented image of a solar eruption has been captured by NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft.© Solar Orbiter/EUI Team/ESA & NASAThe…
NASA successfully deploys sun shield on James Webb Space Telescope
by Misty Severi, The James Webb Space Telescope successfully deployed its sun shield on Tuesday, a major achievement for engineers in the trickiest part of the telescope’s unraveling. The process…
NASA launches James Webb telescope into space on Christmas Day
By Denise Chow It was the best Christmas present NASA could have asked for. The agency’s James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful telescope built to date,…
Blue Origin launchs its first six passenger crew to space
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to launch its New Shepard rocket for the sixth time this year on Saturday, a mission that marks the first time the company will…
Large Eruption From Nearby Star Is a Warning for Earth
Isaac Schultz A star over 100 light-years away in the constellation Draco is teaching us a few unsettling things about our own Sun. The star, EK Draconis, recently surprised researchers…
NASA prepares James Webb Space Telescope for December launch
BY CHRIS PASION NASA (Washington, D.C., U.S.) plans to launch the composites-intensive James Webb Space Telescope into orbit on Dec. 18, 2021. According to the agency, it will serve as…
NASA Seeks Ideas for a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho—If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about…
How SpaceX’s Huge Starship Rocket Compares to Others As Elon Musk Eyes January Launch
By Ed Browne SpaceX’s Starship rocket is due to make its first orbital flight in January or February if all goes according to plan, Elon Musk has said. Speaking during…