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Boeing will be hoping the third time's a charm on Wednesday as they try once more to launch astronauts aboard a Starliner capsule bound for the International Space Station.

LIFTOFF! NASA Astronauts Pilot First Starliner Crewed Test to Station NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely in orbit on the first crewed flight test aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft bound for the...

When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched at the end of 2021, we expected stunning images and illuminating scientific results. So far, the powerful space telescope has lived up to our expectations. The JWST has sh...

We have about five years worth of carbon emissions before we drive global warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), a new report concluded.

SpaceX will launch its 4th Starship test flight as early as Thursday (June 6) in what it hopes will be a historic flight of the world's biggest rocket. Here's when it may fly.

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is in orbit on its first crewed flight after two recent launch scrubs and years of development delays. The post Starliner lifts off on crewed test flight appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA will extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope by switching to a mode where the spacecraft operates on a single gyroscope, having rejected for now commercial proposals to reboost or repair it. The post Hubble go...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (June 4), including 13 that can beam service directly to smartphones.

The 36-inch telescope and its dome has been decommissioned as part of a deal that will hopefully see the Thirty Meter Telescope receive a permit for construction on Maunakea.

Exoplanets are common in our galaxy, and some even orbit in the so-called habitable zone of their star. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been busy observing a few of these small, potentially habitable planets, and a...

Join us for an engaging session to explore how both the United States and Japanese space agencies and industry are approaching the challenges of space sustainability. Why do both countries […] The post Webinar: U.S. �...

Elon Musk and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell both congratulated the coalition that sent Boeing's Starliner capsule aloft today (June 5) on its first crewed mission.

After years of stumbles and delays, Boeing has finally launched astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.

Researchers debate if Neanderthals really had high-pitched voices or if they were able to speak at all.

Boeing's Starliner capsule launched with astronauts on board for the first time today (June 5), and NASA celebrated the milestone.

The physics remain the same, but the rockets, spacecraft, landers, and spacesuits are new as NASA and its industry partners prepare for Artemis astronauts to walk on the moon for the first time since 1972.

There are plenty of problems that spacecraft designers have to consider. Getting smacked in the sensitive parts by a rock is just one of them, but it is a very important one.

When astronomers turn our radio telescopes out towards space, we sometimes detect sporadic bursts of radio waves originating from across the vast expanse of the universe. We call them "radio transients": some erupt only ...

The Mountain Rain or Snow project asks volunteers to track rain, snow, and mixed precipitation all winter long--and this was a winter like no other! This season, 1,684 people submitted precipitation observations--that's ...

The agreement includes 15 firm launches as well as options for an additional 10 missions The post Firefly inks multi-launch deal with Lockheed Martin for Alpha rocket rides appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely in orbit on the first crewed flight test aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. As part of NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Tes...

Boeing launched astronauts for the first time Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA.