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 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
Jan 30 Two stuck NASA astronauts take their first spacewalk together after 8 months aboard the International Space Station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA's two stuck astronauts are taking their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in. Continue reading
Nov 19 SpaceX launches Starship rocket, but abandons attempt to catch booster at launch site By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Minutes after liftoff, mission managers called off catching the first-stage booster for unspecified reasons. Continue reading
Nov 19 Trump and Musk deepen their bond with trip to Texas for Starship rocket launch By Chris Megerian, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press The billionaire has been helping shape the new administration and he's positioned in a way that could help his own companies, which have billions of dollars in federal contracts and routinely deal with government regulators. Continue reading
Nov 08 WATCH: Returning SpaceX Crew-8 NASA astronauts discuss their 235-day mission in space By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Three NASA astronauts are speaking at a news conference after spending more than seven months in space aboard the International Space Station. Continue reading
Oct 25 Four astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Hurricane Milton and Boeing capsule issues By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton, the space agency said Friday. Continue reading