"Bringing Columbia Home" honors fallen shuttle, crew

NASA's last shuttle launch director recalls the remarkable effort to recover a lost shuttle and its crew

• Feb 1, 2018

SpaceX fires up powerful new rocket

SpaceX test-fires 27 engines in its powerful new Falcon Heavy rocket in key milestone

• Jan 24, 2018

SpaceX carries out picture-perfect Falcon 9 rocket launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted a communications satellite into orbit Wednesday -- the company's 15th launch so far this year

• Oct 11, 2017

Kennedy Space Center braces for Hurricane Irma

Workers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are rushing to complete preparations for Hurricane Irma

• Sep 7, 2017

SpaceX poised for launch to space station ahead of busy week

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised for blastoff Monday to deliver more than 3 tons of supplies and equipment to the space station

• Aug 13, 2017

Buzz Aldrin rolls out red carpet for Mars at star-studded gala

Aldrin believes people will be able to land on Mars by 2040, a goal that NASA shares

• Jul 16, 2017

Pence cracks Twitter jokes after touching NASA hardware labeled "do not touch"

The vice president showed his sense of humor after he reached out and touched a piece of equipment labeled "do not touch" at Kennedy Space Center

• Jul 7, 2017

Pence vows to make space program great again

Vice President Mike Pence promised Kennedy Space Center workers the Trump administration will take space exploration to new heights

• Jul 6, 2017

SpaceX finally launches Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intelsat communications satellite blasted off Wednesday after back-to-back delays Sunday and Monday

• Jul 5, 2017

NASA's Mars rover concept vehicle merges science and science fiction

The giant rover seats four and was designed by the Parker brothers, who made their names building the futuristic motorcycles in the movie "Tron"

• Jun 3, 2017

Storms delay launch of "used" SpaceX cargo ship

A refurbished cargo ship will deliver 6,000 pounds of supplies to the space station in SpaceX's first flight of a "used" Dragon

• Jun 1, 2017

SpaceX launch aborted at last second

Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center was aborted at the last second by a technical glitch

• Feb 18, 2017

SpaceX poised for historic launch

SpaceX is readying a Falcon 9 rocket for launch Saturday from the same pad that once sent Apollo moonships and shuttles on their way

• Feb 17, 2017

SpaceX gears up for launch from historic pad

SpaceX is gearing up to launch a Falcon 9 rocket off historic pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center

• Feb 9, 2017

Apollo 1 crew honored, 50 years after fatal fire

"They did not die in vain": NASA memorial for three Apollo astronauts killed in a launch pad fire 50 years ago

• Jan 27, 2017

Kennedy Space Center "dodged a bullet" from Hurricane Matthew

After a tense night hunkered down in the storm, NASA officials are planning a detailed inspection of the damage

• Oct 7, 2016

Kennedy Space Center braces for Hurricane Matthew

A NASA "rideout" team will keep critical systems operating while Florida's Space Coast evacuates ahead of the killer storm

• Oct 6, 2016

SpaceX pinpoints cause of rocket explosion

The private space company says it's figured out what caused the launch-pad blast and hopes to resume flights later this fall

• Sep 23, 2016

Cloaked in secrecy, spy satellite launches into space

A powerful Atlas 5 rocket boosted a classified National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite into orbit Thursday

• Jul 28, 2016

Air Force's secret space plane nears 1 year in orbit

The U.S. military's robotic X-37B space plane approaches a milestone on its classified mission

• May 12, 2016

Christa McAuliffe still inspires her former students

30 years after Challenger disaster, the first teacher in space is remembered by students who followed in her footsteps

• Jan 27, 2016

Emotional responses to Challenger, Columbia exhibit

NASA's first display of debris from the Challenger and Columbia space shuttles has powerful impact

• Aug 3, 2015