Apr 09 WATCH: Trump's nominee for NASA administrator prioritizes sending U.S. astronauts to Mars By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press “As the president stated, we will prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars and, along the way, we will inevitably have the capabilities to return to the moon," billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman said in his opening remarks. Continue reading
Mar 31 WATCH: Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they take some responsibility for Starliner issues in 1st news conference back on Earth By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Both astronauts said they would strap into Starliner again. “Because we're going to rectify all the issues that we encountered. We're going to fix them. We're going to make it work,” Wilmore said, adding he'd go back up “in a… Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: NASA astronauts who spent 9 months in space make splashdown in return to Earth By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening, just hours after departing the International Space Station. Continue reading
Mar 16 NASA's Williams and Wilmore welcome their newly arrived replacements to space station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts. Continue reading
Mar 12 WATCH: NASA and SpaceX launch SPHEREx observatory telescope, mission to study formation of galaxy By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Launched Tuesday night from California by SpaceX, the Spherex observatory will survey the sky every six months from an orbit over Earth's poles. Continue reading
Mar 07 Private lunar lander declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near moon's south pole By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The news came less than 24 hours after the botched landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines. Launched last week, the lander named Athena missed its mark by more than 800 feet and ended up in a frigid crater, the company said. Continue reading
Mar 04 NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are just a few weeks away from returning to Earth By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press During a news conference Tuesday, Wilmore said that while politics is part of life, it did not play into his and Williams' return, moved up a couple weeks thanks to a change in SpaceX capsules. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 4:52 Blue Ghost lunar landing highlights NASA's partnership with the private sector By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas NASA’s partnership with the private sector took a key step forward with a successful moon landing. The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the company, Firefly Aerospace, stuck the landing safely early Sunday, making it the first commercial spacecraft to… Continue watching
Mar 02 Private lunar lander successfully touches down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth's celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions. Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch 9:55 Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on their longer than expected stay in space By Amna Nawaz, Azhar Merchant For NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the long wait to return to Earth is almost over. They went to the International Space Station last June in a Boeing Starliner spacecraft. They were supposed to return a week later,… Continue watching