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US Vulcan rocket launches on Moon mission with humans remains on board
A towering new rocket has taken flight, carrying what could be the first commercial lander to touch down on the moon — and the first lunar landing mission to launch from the United States since 1972. The Vulcan Centaur rocket, a never-before-flown (...)

08 - 01 - 2024
SpaceX, NASA launch four astronauts from four countries
Four astronauts — representing four nations and space agencies across the globe — launched aboard a SpaceX rocket toward the International Space Station, kicking off a mission expected to last more than six months. The crew is riding aboard the (...)

26 - 08 - 2023
NASA probe Lucy blasts off to Jupiter
NASA probe Lucy blasted off on Saturday on a mission to investigate Jupiter's asteroids. Launched with the help of an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Lucy began a 12-year mission that will take it a total of around 6.5 billion (...)

16 - 10 - 2021
US, Japan, France astronauts arrive at ISS in SpaceX ship
The commercially developed SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon ship carrying a group of four astronauts from the United States, Japan and France successfully docked with the International Space Station on Saturday following its liftoff from NASA's space center a (...)

25 - 04 - 2021
Astronauts hailed as heroes 50 years after historic moon landing
Capping a week of celebrations over the historic Apollo 11 mission, Vice President Mike Pence joined astronaut Buzz Aldrin on Saturday at the launch pad in Florida that sent the moonwalker and his two crew mates to space for humankind's first steps (...)

21 - 07 - 2019
Elon Musk's SpaceX capsule splashes down off Florida coast
An unmanned capsule from Elon Musk's SpaceX splashed down into the Atlantic Ocean on Friday morning after a short-term stay on the International Space Station, capping the first orbital test mission in NASA's long-delayed quest to resume human space (...)

08 - 03 - 2019
Newly discovered planets may boost search for life beyond Earth
The discovery of three planets that circle a small, dim star could bolster the chances of finding life beyond Earth, astronomers said on Monday. The Earth-sized planets are orbiting their parent star, located in the constellation Aquarius relatively (...)

04 - 05 - 2016
SpaceX rocket booster makes breakthrough landing at sea
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on a NASA cargo run to the International Space Station on Friday, and its reusable main-stage booster landed on an ocean platform minutes later in a dramatic spaceflight first. The successful (...)

10 - 04 - 2016
Rocket blasts off with fresh supplies for space station
Fresh supplies shipped out late Tuesday for the International Space Station, where the shelves finally are getting full after a string of failed deliveries. Launching beneath the light of a nearly full moon, the unmanned Atlas V rocket provided (...)

24 - 03 - 2016
SpaceX launches communications satellite but botches sea landing
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida and thrust a communications satellite into orbit on Friday, but the launch vehicle's reusable main-stage booster was destroyed when it failed to land itself on an ocean platform, the company said. It (...)

06 - 03 - 2016
SpaceX Falcon rocket nails safe landing in pivotal space feat
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Monday with a payload of communications satellites before the reusable main-stage booster turned around, soared back to Cape Canaveral and landed safely near its launch pad in a dramatic (...)

23 - 12 - 2015
NASA's Final 4: Fate grants them farewell flight
flying streak ends this week with the smallest crew in decades — three men and a woman who were in high school or college when the first space shuttle soared 30 years ago. History will remember these final four as bookending an era that began with (...)

04 - 07 - 2011
Jupiter making closest approach in nearly 50 years
Better catch Jupiter next week in the night sky. It won't be that big or bright again until 2022. Jupiter will pass 368 million miles (592 million kilometers) from Earth late Monday, its closest approach since 1963. The solar system's largest (...)

19 - 09 - 2010
Spacewalk 3: Crew tackles repair work
Space station astronauts tackled the last of their urgent cooling-system repair work Monday, making their third spacewalk in just over a week. Douglas Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson were so anxious to wrap up the job that they floated out more (...)

17 - 08 - 2010
Atlantis' last flight on May 14
Space shuttle Atlantis is set to blast off on its final flight next week, heading to the International Space Station, carrying up a crew of six and a load of supplies. NASA's top managers agreed Wednesday to set May 14 as the launch date. Liftoff (...)

07 - 05 - 2010
Astronauts try to hook up plumbing
A pair of spacewalking astronauts floated back outside Saturday night to hook up plumbing on the newest room of the International Space Station and bring it alive with power. Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick had to route extra-long hoses that (...)

15 - 02 - 2010
New space station room hits snag
Astronauts have run into trouble while setting up the International Space Station's newest room. A cover that's supposed to go between Tranquility and its observation deck does not fit. Metal bars are not locking down properly because of (...)

14 - 02 - 2010
Astronauts pack up for ride home
The astronauts aboard the linked space shuttle and space station are nearly finished packing up a moving van for return to Earth in a few days. The Italian-built van - essentially a giant cylinder - flew up aboard Discovery with seven tons of space (...)

08 - 09 - 2009
Chest of drawers hoisted aboard space station
Astronauts hitched a giant chest of drawers to the international space station Monday that contained a brand new freezer, sleeping compartment and treadmill bearing a TV comedian's name. The Italian-built chest - nicknamed Leonardo, as in Leonardo (...)

02 - 09 - 2009
NASA to try shuttle launch again today
NASA will try again to launch the shuttle Discovery to the international space station Wednesday after having to call it off because of thunderstorms. The storms popped up unexpectedly late Monday all around the launch site, and lightning lit up (...)

26 - 08 - 2009
From space to sushi
Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a long but successful construction job that boosted the size and power of the international space station. They ended up swamped with sushi. Endeavour's smooth (...)

02 - 08 - 2009
NASA may launch Endeavour today
NASA will try to launch space shuttle Endeavour again Wednesday, after repairing a hydrogen gas leak that thwarted the first attempt. Top officials decided Monday to bump an unmanned moon mission so Endeavour could have another shot at flying to (...)

17 - 06 - 2009
Spacewalkers accidentally install pin upside down
Spacewalking astronauts accidentally inserted a pin upside down and jammed an equipment storage platform at the international space station on Saturday, prompting NASA to assemble a special team to try to resolve the problem. Steven Swanson and (...)

23 - 03 - 2009
Telescope out to locate Earth-like planets
Are other worlds like ours out there? It is this age-old question that NASA's planet-hunting telescope, Kepler, which rocketed into space Friday night on a historic voyage to track down other Earths in a faraway patch of the Milky Way galaxy, seeks (...)

08 - 03 - 2009
Happy Birthday! Space Station celebrates 10 out-of-the-world years
NASA couldn't have staged it any better: 10 people in orbit for the 10th anniversary of the world's most elaborate and expensive housing project, the international space station. On Nov. 20, 1998, the first part of the space station was launched by (...)

21 - 11 - 2008
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