With a space station medical evacuation safely completed, NASA is focused on two challenging missions proceeding in parallel: launching four astronauts on a flight around the moon, at the same time as ...

Sixty-two miles above the Earth, the thick layer of clouds that surrounded Michaela Benthaus gave way to darkness. She had just achieved her dream: She was the first wheelchair-user in space. Benthaus ...

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Watch when SpaceX conducted a static fire test of a single flight 10 Starship engine to simulate an in-space burn. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: SpaceX | edited by Steve Spaleta Trump ...

Namira Salim (Pakistan), Trevor Beattie (UK) and Ron Rosano (US) flew on Virgin Galactic's Galactic 04 mission. Salim became the first Pakistani astronaut to fly to space. In the cabin was Virgin ...

SpaceX’s Starship ascends on the Flight 11 launch Oct. 13. Credit: SpaceX ORLANDO, Fla. — The first Starship test flight of 2026 is scheduled for as soon as early March as SpaceX enters a critical ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Blue Origin announced Jan. 30 that it will halt flights of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle for at least two years as it shifts its focus to human lunar exploration. In a statement, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Blue Origin are planning to launch the ESCAPADE mission, where a pair of satellites will study Mars' magnetosphere. ESCAPADE will eventually help future ...

NASA moved a 322-foot-tall rocket out to the launchpad on Saturday, a key step as the agency prepares for a long-awaited mission to send four astronauts around the moon. The Space Launch System rocket ...

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Standing over 400 feet tall, Starship is the world's largest and most powerful launch vehicle. The upcoming mission will be the debut flight for Starship's new, more powerful Version 3 prototype.