Aerospace technology

China launches a new crew to its orbiting space station as it seeks a major role in space exploration

China launches a new crew to its orbiting space station as it seeks a major role in space exploration

5 days ago

A Southern California school plants a ‘Moon Tree’ grown with seeds flown in space

LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- To cheers and applause from kids wearing spacesuits and star-studded T-shirts, a tree was planted in…

3 weeks ago

China unveils its plans to turn its feats in space exploration into scientific advances

BEIJING -- China has made great strides in exploring space in recent years, rocketing astronauts to its own space station…

3 weeks ago

SpaceX mechanical arms successfully catch mega Starship rocket booster at landing pad

SpaceX mechanical arms successfully catch mega Starship rocket booster at landing pad

3 weeks ago

In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

2024-10-13 20:15:04 SpaceX pulled off its boldest test flight yet of the enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning…

4 weeks ago

Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that’ll bring them home next year

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June welcomed their new ride home…

1 month ago

Satellite news network Al Jazeera says Israel raids its office in Ramallah in the West Bank and orders it closed

Satellite news network Al Jazeera says Israel raids its office in Ramallah in the West Bank and orders it closed

2 months ago

Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments from space station since Boeing capsule returned to Earth empty

Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments from space station since Boeing capsule returned to Earth empty

2 months ago

Tech billionaire and SpaceX complete first private spacewalk high above Earth

Tech billionaire and SpaceX complete first private spacewalk high above Earth

2 months ago

Iran says it has successfully sent a satellite into space

Iran says it has successfully sent a satellite into space

2 months ago

Boeing's troubled space capsule ends mission with a landing in the New Mexico desert, leaving two astronauts in orbit

Boeing's troubled space capsule ends mission with a landing in the New Mexico desert, leaving two astronauts in orbit

2 months ago

Boeing's troubled capsule leaves astronauts behind as it departs the International Space Station and aims for a landing

Boeing's troubled capsule leaves astronauts behind as it departs the International Space Station and aims for a landing

2 months ago

NASA record holder can relate to astronauts stuck in space. He was, too

NASA’s record-holding astronaut is urging his two stuck-in-space colleagues to stay positive and “keep up the good work.” Frank Rubio…

2 months ago

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until a February return with SpaceX, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until a February return with SpaceX, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

2 months ago

NASA will decide Saturday if Boeing’s new capsule is safe enough to fly 2 astronauts back from space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA said Thursday it will decide this weekend whether Boeing’s new capsule is safe enough to…

3 months ago

NASA: Stuck Boeing Starliner astronauts will return in 2025 with SpaceX

2024-08-25 19:05:02 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth…

3 months ago

NASA still deciding whether to keep 2 astronauts at space station until next year

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA said Wednesday it's still deciding whether to keep two astronauts at the International Space Station…

3 months ago

NASA says chances are growing that astronauts may switch from Boeing to a SpaceX ride back to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- What should have been a quick trip to the International Space Station may turn into an…

3 months ago

NASA telescope spots a super Jupiter that takes more than a century to go around its star

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A super Jupiter has been spotted around a neighboring star by the Webb Space Telescope —…

4 months ago

Moon fests, moon movie and even a full moon mark 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing…

4 months ago