Lucy in the sky: Spacecraft will visit record 8 asteroids
NASA is on an asteroid roll as it gets set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar...
William Shatner, TV’s Capt. Kirk, blasts into space WATCH
Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality, reaching the final frontier aboard a...
Star Trek's William Shatner to become oldest person in space as he blasts off with Blue Origin
Blue Origin announced Monday that William Shatner will blast off from West Texas on Oct. 12 in the second crewed Blue Origin capsule to rocket...
Trailblazing tourist trip to orbit ends with splashdown WATCH
Four space tourists safely ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast. On board SpaceX’s fully...
SpaceX launches 4 amateurs on private Earth-circling trip VIEW
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule’s two men and two women are looking to spend three days going round and round the planet from an unusually high orbit...
4 tourists, including Everett man, set to circle Earth on 1st SpaceX private flight; it launches Wednesday VIEW
For the first time in 60 years of human spaceflight, a rocket is poised to blast into orbit with no professional astronauts on board, only...
NASA confirms Mars rover’s 1st rock sample grab, 40 to go
NASA's newest Mars rover has collected its first sample, tucking away the tube of rock for return to Earth.
FAA bans Virgin Galactic launches while probing Branson trip
The Federal Aviation Administration says Virgin Galactic cannot launch anyone into space again until an investigation is complete into a mishap that occurred during July’s...