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A satellite has spotted SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon standing tall on a launch pad in Florida, ready for this week's historic crewed flight.

Two veteran NASA astronauts are ready and excited to launch from Florida to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX spacecraft next week. But who are they?

In honor of NASA's first Chief Astronomer and the "mother of Hubble," the WFIRST has been officially named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman Space Telescope for short) The post WFIRST Will be Named After Nancy...

The US Space Force has announced that it is looking for a place to establish its new HQ, and is encouraging communities across the US to nominate themselves based on a set of criteria. The post U.S. Space Force is Lookin...

The US Space Force has announced that it is looking for a place to establish its new HQ, and is encouraging communities across the US to nominate themselves based on a set of criteria. The post U.S. Space Force is Lookin...

In the beginning, everyone was skeptical. But Elon Musk's SpaceX defied expectations--and on Wednesday hopes to make history by ferrying two NASA astronauts into space, the first crewed flight from US soil in nine long y...

There are eight classical planets in our solar system, from speedy Mercury to distant Neptune. There are also numerous dwarf planets, such as Pluto and Ceres. While we continue to find more dwarf planets, there are some ...

SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jeff Foust and Editor-in-Chief Brian Berger lead a live panel discussion about NASA's use of public-private partnerships to develop lunar landers that could return astronauts to the surface ...

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit postponed its first space launch Sunday due to a technical problem.

Virgin Orbit called off the planned debut launch of its new LauncherOne rocket Sunday (May 24) due to a sensor issue on the air-launched booster.

We have alien worlds right here in our solar system --

This week, astronauts will take off from American soil aboard a SpaceX capsule in a historic launch.

NASA Kennedy Space Center: On May 23, 2020, Demo-2 crew members Robert Behnken (right) and Douglas Hurley walk down the hallway of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in ...