How NASA outsourcing the space program helped enrich Elon Musk
After the end of the space shuttle program, NASA turned to private companies to fill the gap. That isn't working out for the ...
Stranded NASA astronauts have returned home - but what else has gone wrong in space?
Nine months is a long time to be in orbit. But Butch Williams and Suni Wilmore aren't alone in facing extraordinary ...
Highlights: NASA astronauts return to Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space
NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose weeklong Boeing Starliner mission turned into an extended stay in space, are ...
Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth block the Sun from an unexplored location on the Moon, but the lander fell ...
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You can’t afford to be late In this incredibly fast-paced, highly-mutable world of ours, a nation is only as good as how well ...
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Two Trailblazing Spacewalks in 1965 Opened the Door to Decades of Astronauts Pushing the Limits of Their Capabilities
Just four years after the first human traveled to space, a Soviet cosmonaut and later an American astronaut took next steps that would be vital to exploration: They walked in space. A spacewalk, when ...
Sunita Williams Return: 'We Are Going to Take Some Time to Celebrate,' Says NASA
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ return to earth at the conclusion of the scientific mission to the space station was more ...
Blue Origin rocket engine gives a boost to Museum of Flight’s Simonyi Space Gallery
Seattle's Museum of Flight brings its collection of space artifacts up to the present day with a Blue Origin BE-3U rocket ...
SpaceX crew Dragon Highlights: Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore
NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) ...
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Blue Ghost Lander Successfully Completes Historic Lunar Mission
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back ...
Trump takes credit for astronauts’ planned return. He had little to do with it.
As astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams prepared to make their way back to Earth for a planned Tuesday evening ...