Cape Canaveral

California company’s 3D-printed rocket poised to make debut launch

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis 1 rocket with its Orion crew capsule stands on launch pad 39B as workers depart at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 17, 2022. Photo by Steve Nesius/REUTERS

NASA’s moon rocket moved to launch pad for 1st test flight

The 322-foot rocket emerged Tuesday night from its mammoth hangar at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. It took nearly 10 hours for the rocket to make the four-mile overnight trip to the pad.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Astronauts arrive to prepare for launch for the NASA, SpaceX Crew 3 Mission to the International Space Station at Kennedy ...

SpaceX delays astronaut flight due to rough wind, waves

SpaceX has bumped its next astronaut flight for NASA until Wednesday because of rough wind and waves hundreds of miles away.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station

SpaceX's newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

NASA spacecraft rockets toward sun for closest look yet

A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral, $195 million satellite destroyed

By Nsikan Akpan

No casualties were reported after a SpaceX rockets exploded Thursday morning at Cape Canaveral.

Following minor delays, Atlas V lifts off into night sky

By Joshua Barajas

An unmanned Atlas V rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Tuesday night with a Navy communications satellite on board.

Unmanned rocket bound for ISS explodes on takeoff

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

An unmanned commercial rocket carrying supplies for the International Space Station exploded shortly after lift-off at 6:22 pm EDT Tuesday over the launch complex at Wallops Island, Virginia. NASA’s live feed shows the rocket bursting into flame.