They’re barfing on the Crew Dragon (though that’s normal, apparently)
SpaceX launched its Fram2 mission on Monday, becoming the first crewed flight to take a polar orbit. Mission commander Chun Wang, who also funded the flight, has just posted a…
World’s largest ‘space window’ has just launched to orbit again
SpaceX’s cupola is in orbit again. The company first used the dome-shaped window on its Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Inspiration4 mission in 2021. And now a cupola-equipped Crew Dragon…
NASA’s Starliner astronauts say they’d ride the spacecraft again
“We were always coming back, and I think people need to know that.” So said NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore as he and fellow astronaut Suni Williams took questions for the…
Watch this new European rocket lift off … then crash
An effort by Isar Aerospace to become the first European commercial space company to launch an orbital rocket from continental Europe failed in spectacular fashion when the vehicle lost control…
Watch this SpaceX rival launch its third mission in two weeks
New Zealand-based Rocket Lab has launched its third satellite-deployment mission in two weeks, marking a new record for the up-and-coming SpaceX rival. The Finding Hot Wildfires Near You mission lifted…
It’s not aliens, it’s just SpaceX: scientists figure out strange spiral in the sky
A strange swirl in the sky seen over much of Britain and Europe this week wasn’t the result of alien activity but rather a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The UK’s…
NASA’s moon rocket meets its side boosters for crewed Artemis II voyage
NASA’s much-anticipated Artemis II mission has experienced multiple delays in recent years, with the agency currently targeting no earlier than February 2026 for a flight that will send four astronauts…
New ISS astronaut meets Bumble, Honey, and Queen robots
On her first visit to orbit, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has just introduced herself to three robots stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS). “We hit the ground running (or…
NASA releases first pictures of Starliner astronauts after epic mission
NASA astronaut and Starliner crewmember Butch Wilmore just hours after returning to Earth. NASA NASA has shared the first images of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams following their return…
How to watch NASA’s first press conference on SpaceX Crew-9 return
NASA is about to give its first press conference just a couple of hours after Crew-9 returned from the space station in a nine-month mission that was only supposed to…