SpaceX launches Egyptian comsat
The new relay station will provide television and data relay service across the Middle East and Africa.
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The new relay station will provide television and data relay service across the Middle East and Africa.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are lining up – in that order – for the first time since December 2004.
NASA hopes dress-rehearsal countdown will finally clear SLS rocket for launch on unpiloted moon mission.
The Shenzhou 14 mission opens a new era, establishing a permanent Chinese presence in Earth orbit.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has now launched 25 civilians to space in five for-profit sub-orbital missions.
The contracts are valued at up to $3.5 billion.
"Amateur and professional astronomers around the world have been tracking its spectacular disintegration for years," NASA said.
A successful fueling test will clear the way for the moon rocket's first test flight as early as August.
SpaceX launched 59 small payloads while Boeing wrapped up its Starliner space station flight
For the first time, two U.S. astronaut ferry ships, from two different vendors are docked at space station.
Grounded earlier by software bugs and corroded valves, Boeing says the Starliner is finally ready for flight.
NASA is confident Boeing's Starliner astronaut ferry ship is finally ready for prime time.
NASA expects dwindling power to shut down the InSight Mars lander by the end of the year.
While not as serious as a potentially life-threatening 2013 incident, NASA is taking no chances with the station's aging spacesuits.
Millions in the Americas, Europe and Africa were able to see the spectacular red glow of the total lunar eclipse.