Tag: Space exploration
SpaceX launches billionaire to conduct the first private spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than...
Boeing's beleaguered Starliner capsule leaves space station and heads home without any astronauts
After months of turmoil over its safety, Boeing’s new astronaut capsule departed the International Space Station on Friday without its crew and headed...
NASA still deciding whether to keep 2 astronauts at space station until next year
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA said Wednesday it's still deciding whether to keep two astronauts at the International Space Station until early next...
Could 2 NASA astronauts be stuck at the space station until next year? Here's what to know
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after repeatedly...
NASA taps Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring International Space Station out of orbit in a few more years
WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of...
Ed Stone, JPL director and top scientist on Voyager mission, dies at 88
Ed Stone, the scientist who guided NASA’s breakthrough Voyager mission to the outer planets for 50 years and led the Jet Propulsion...