Mission commander, U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, who has rich experience in space travel, is taking the necklace that she ...

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io as captured by the Juno spacecraft on Oct. 15, 2023. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Image processing by Ted Stryk On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft ...

Only the United States, Russia and China have carried out space docking missions, which allow separate satellites to work as a team, coordinating their tasks and sharing resources that can’t be ...

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Thales Alenia Space has won an 862 million euro ($897 million) order from the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver a lunar lander for moon exploration launches to begin in the ...

"In 2024, we saw a 17% year-over-year spike in the average number of close approaches in low Earth orbit per satellite." ...

Liftoff occurred at 5:05 p.m. ET. SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast today (Jan. 27). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink spacecraft ...

Launch recap: Scroll down to read live updates from the launch of two lunar landers atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A. NASA's uncrewed payload mission to the moon ...

A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight.Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to ...

SpaceX said Thursday that its Starship space vehicle broke up during a flight meant to test the megarocket's capabilities. The rocket system's upper stage appears to have disintegrated somewhere ...

The International Space Station is captured in orbit from the vantage point of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule in 2021. Credit: NASA / SpaceX One of the many advantages of being in space is having a ...

Billionaire Elon Musk vowed Tuesday to bring home the two astronauts who have been stuck in space for about eight months “as soon as possible” – and blasted the Biden White House for not ...

The founder of SpaceX said President Trump had asked his company to return two astronauts aboard the space station to Earth “as soon as possible.” NASA said it would do that “as soon as ...