The observatory will begin its two-year prime mission after a roughly one-month checkout period, during which engineers and scientists will make sure the spacecraft is working properly.

Elon Musk-led SpaceX is set to launch NASA’s Crew-10 mission, marking a critical step in replacing Crew-9 and bringing home stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore. The Falcon-9 ...

However, NASA said in December 2024 that their return would be further delayed until at least late March. The spacecraft landed uncrewed in a New Mexico desert on Sept. 6, 2024. Williams first flew to ...

The Dragon spacecraft will then undock from the flying laboratory with four astronauts including Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore. The two Nasa astronauts have been stuck in space due to an extended ...

On Sunday morning, a spacecraft built by Firefly Aerospace softly touched down on the surface of the Moon, making the Texas-based startup the second private company in history to pull off the feat.

The duo embarked on their mission aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on 5 June 2024, initially scheduled for an eight-day stay. However, technical malfunctions delayed their return. Upon approaching ...

No astronauts were aboard the spacecraft. SpaceX discontinued its video feed of the launch without providing a location for the craft or where debris might land. In a post on X, SpaceX said the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Maddie Mastro completes her first qualifying run during The Snow League snowboarding competition Friday ...

SpaceX caught the first-stage booster back at the pad with giant mechanical arms, but engines on the spacecraft on top started shutting down as it streaked eastward for what was supposed to be a ...

The upper portion of SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded once again minutes into its Thursday flight test, creating a cascade of fiery debris visible from Florida to the Caribbean.

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, the upper portion of the most powerful launch system ever made, exploded during its eighth test flight — marking the second failure for the vehicle in just six weeks.

Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test ...