Florida Tech researcher awarded $50,000 grant to study food production in space
Making it to Mars may still be years away, but scientists already know survival won’t be easy.
Florida's Patrick Space Force Base tapped for Space Force programs
Patrick Space Force Base in Brevard County has been named the “preferred” location for two parts of the growing U.S. Space Force — the Space Training and Readiness Command Headquarters and Space Delta 10, according to the U.S. Air Force.
Ax-2 astronauts splash down off Florida coast after trip to space station
A crew of four astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Florida Tuesday evening. Axiom Space reported the Ax-2 astronauts arrived around 11:09 p.m. EDT in the water off the Sunshine State.
Report shows Artemis moon missions over budget, behind schedule
A new report shows the Artemis moon missions are over budget and falling behind. Based on the findings, the Office of the Inspector General said NASA needs to change its approach moving forward.
NASA accepting proposals to build next lunar rover to explore moon
Proposals are being accepted until July 2023, and a contract will be awarded in November 2023.
SpaceX delays Falcon 9 launch carrying Arabsat communications satellite to Saturday
SpaceX is now targeting Friday for its next launch from Florida which will include the ARABSAT BADR-8 mission.
Virgin Galactic completes final test flight before launching paying customers to space
The flight came nearly two years after Richard Branson beat fellow billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to space.
Space station welcomes 2 Saudi visitors, including kingdom's 1st female astronaut
The International Space Station rolled out the welcome mat Monday for two Saudi visitors, including the kingdom’s first female astronaut.
‘Dreaming of this moment’: Axiom launches second private astronaut mission to the ISS
Axiom-2 lifted off Sunday at 5:37 p.m., transporting humans and science to space. It’s the second all-private mission to take off from Kennedy Space Center. The international team is made up of United States and Saudi astronauts who embarked on a 16-hour journey to the ISS before spending the next 10 days doing research and paving the way for a new chapter in low-earth orbit.
Axiom Space crew successfully launches into space on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
The Axiom Space crew successfully launched into space Sunday evening as they head for the International Space Station for the Ax-2 mission.
Bezos' Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build lunar landers for moonwalkers
It will be used to transport astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2029, following a pair of crew landings by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
WATCH AGAIN: SpaceX Starlink mission launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida
SpaceX had originally planned to send its next batch of Starlink satellites during a nighttime launch from Florida on Wednesday, but then it got moved to Thursday. Due to inclement weather, the Starlink launch was moved to Friday morning at 1:31 a.m., SpaceX tweeted.
Watch: Axiom Space Mission 2 astronauts discuss upcoming trip
The four astronauts who will be headed to the International Space Station aboard Axiom Space's Axiom Mission 2, also known as Ax-2, discussed their upcoming mission on Tuesday.
Meet the new leader of NASA
After more than 30 years, there’s a change in leadership at NASA. Kathy Lueders, who led NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate and oversaw the International Space Station, retired in April 2023 after more than three decades with the space agency. Former astronaut Ken Bowersox will now lead the missions.
Vast partners with SpaceX for launch of first commercial space station
Vast, a privately held American aerospace company headquartered in Long Beach, California, announced that SpaceX will launch what is expected to be the world’s first commercial space station, known as Vast Haven-1. The launch will quickly followed by two human spaceflight missions to the station.
SpaceX to launch next Starlink mission from Florida on Sunday
SpaceX is targeting early Sunday morning for the next launch of its Starlink satellites. The instantaneous window opens at 1:03 a.m. ET for the Falcon 9 launch of 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Flight controllers free antenna stuck on European spacecraft headed for Jupiter
Flight controllers in Germany freed the antenna Friday after nearly a month of effort.
Meet the team behind Axiom Space's Artemis III spacesuit
Axiom Space hired 10 people to design and construct the spacesuit of the future.
Meet the team behind Artemis III spacesuit
Axiom Space hired 10 people to design and construct the spacesuit of the future. It will be worn by the next NASA astronauts to step foot on the moon --hopefully in 2025. The new suit is a lot different from the ones used the first time around -- more than 50 years ago.
Powerful sun storm could bring northern lights to parts of US on Wednesday
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center predicts a moderate geomagnetic storm on Wednesday due to a coronal mass ejection observed late Sunday. The office has recently amended a Geomagnetic Storm Watch to the G2 level.