Boeing shifts its team leaders for space station and Starliner space programs As a new commercial-centric era dawns for the International Space Station, Boeing is realigning its top managers for the space… Read More
NASA’s new head of human spaceflight says SpaceX’s Dragon is in good shape NASA’s newly named associate administrator for human exploration and operations, Kathy Lueders, says that SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule “has been… Read More
NASA’s Dragon riders capture the flag, nine years after it was left on the space station A day after arriving at the International Space Station on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob… Read More
‘Dragon arriving’: For first time, astronauts reach the space station in SpaceX capsule For the first time in nearly nine years, astronauts have arrived at the International Space Station in a spaceship that… Read More
Play Episode Podcast ‘Light this candle!’ SpaceX sends NASA astronauts on historic trip to space station in Dragon capsule Play SpaceX launched two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station today, becoming the first company to send humans to orbit… Read More
Play Episode Weather concerns complicate plans for SpaceX’s next attempt to launch NASA astronauts Play NASA and SpaceX are keeping a close eye on the weather in Florida and beyond as they get set for… Read More
Weather forces delay for SpaceX’s historic launch of NASA’s first Dragon riders to the space station The countdown for SpaceX’s first crewed launch to the International Space Station ran down to less than 17 minutes, but… Read More
NASA chief points to SpaceX crewed launch as a unifying moment for America President Donald Trump plans to be on hand for Wednesday’s historic test launch of NASA astronauts in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon… Read More
NASA signs off on historic SpaceX crewed launch, leaving weather as final uncertainty Mission managers have cleared the final paperwork for SpaceX’s first-ever crewed launch, aimed at sending two NASA astronauts to the… Read More
NASA and SpaceX rehearse for big launch day, complete with a Tesla ride to the pad NASA and SpaceX put astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken and the rest of the team at Kennedy Space Center… Read More
NASA gives crucial thumbs-up to SpaceX’s historic crewed flight to space station NASA today signed off on the first launch to send a crew into orbit from U.S. soil in nearly nine… Read More
Astronauts arrive in Florida to set new NASA traditions for crewed spaceflight Two NASA astronauts landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today to go through a set of pre-launch traditions… Read More
Days before landmark launch, NASA’s head of human spaceflight quits due to ‘mistake’ NASA’s top executive concentrating on human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, has resigned just a week before the scheduled start of a… Read More
NASA and SpaceX get set to make history with landmark spaceflight during pandemic Everything is in readiness for the first mission to send humans into orbit from U.S. soil since NASA retired the… Read More
A date with history: NASA and SpaceX schedule first crewed Dragon mission for May 27 launch NASA and SpaceX have set a date for the first crewed space mission to be launched into orbit from U.S.… Read More
U.S.-Russian trio leaves space station and returns to Earth in the age of coronavirus Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut ended a months-long tour of duty on the International Space Station and returned… Read More
A new trio joins space station crew; next visitors are due to ride SpaceX’s Dragon NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts are settling into their new home on the International Space Station after… Read More
SpaceX Dragon cargo craft leaves space station and splashes down in Pacific amid virus outbreak The International Space Station bid farewell to a robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule, with measures being taken at mission control… Read More
Boeing says it’ll redo uncrewed flight test of Starliner space taxi to space station Boeing says it will redo the uncrewed test flight of its Starliner space taxi to the International Space Station, after… Read More
Japanese astronaut joins the crew for SpaceX Dragon mission to space station The first non-American to be added to the crew for a SpaceX Dragon flight to the International Space Station is… Read More
SpaceX launches the last Dragon of its breed to space station and celebrates 50th booster landing SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent the company’s last first-generation Dragon cargo capsule on a resupply run to the International Space… Read More
Review of Starliner space taxi’s flawed test mission turns up 61 corrective actions for Boeing to take NASA and Boeing officials say an independent review of December’s uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi has… Read More
Axiom Space makes deal with SpaceX to send customers to space station next year Axiom Space says it’s signed a contract with SpaceX to fly three paying passengers and an Axiom-trained commander to the… Read More
NASA astronaut and Seattle schoolkids celebrate the science of socks in space Astronauts on the International Space Station get thick calluses on the tops of their feet instead of the bottoms, but… Read More
Boeing acknowledges shortcomings in Starliner spaceship testing and vows to fill the gaps The program manager for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi acknowledges that more rigorous testing might have turned up the software… Read More
Watch Seattle students chat with orbiting NASA astronaut Jessica Meir about socks in space Hundreds of middle-school and high-school students will gather at Seattle’s Museum of Flight on Monday to chat with NASA astronaut… Read More
Third time’s the charm: Cygnus cargo ship finally gets launched to the space station Northrop Grumman’s robotic Cygnus cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after two launch postponements. The… Read More
Starliner’s software shortcomings spark NASA safety review of Boeing’s practices An interim assessment of what went wrong during December’s first uncrewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi has turned… Read More
From the garage to the space station: Voxa’s Mochii electron microscope will be flying high SHORELINE, Wash. — Running a startup out of your garage may sound like a tech cliche, but for Voxa CEO… Read More
NASA astronaut Christina Koch is all smiles after setting women’s record with 328-day spaceflight NASA astronaut Christina Koch struck a joyful note today after finishing up 328 days in space aboard the International Space… Read More
