Nov 10 With ailing astronauts recovered, SpaceX aims for night crew launch By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX is counting down toward a nighttime launch of four astronauts for NASA. The Falcon rocket is scheduled to blast off Wednesday night from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Continue reading
Nov 09 SpaceX returns four astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Four astronauts are back on Earth after a 200-day space station mission. They rode home Monday in a SpaceX capsule, parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, Florida, in darkness. Continue reading
Oct 31 SpaceX delays astronaut flight due to rough wind, waves By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX has bumped its next astronaut flight for NASA until Wednesday because of rough wind and waves hundreds of miles away. Continue reading
May 02 SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdown By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot. Continue reading
Apr 26 WATCH: NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts answer media questions By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA and SpaceX are promising more Coast Guard patrols and fewer pleasure boaters for this week's splashdown by four astronauts. Continue reading
Apr 23 SpaceX successfully uses recycled parts to launch third crew into orbit By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The astronauts from the U.S., Japan and France should reach the International Space Station early Saturday morning, following a 23-hour ride in the same Dragon capsule used by SpaceX’s debut crew last May. Continue reading
Mar 19 Biden picks former senator who flew in space to lead NASA By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle to lead NASA. Continue reading
Feb 22 Bone cancer survivor to join SpaceX's first private flight By Associated Press Hayley Arceneaux, 29, will become the youngest American in space — beating NASA record-holder Sally Ride by over two years. Continue reading
Dec 27 2020 in review: Stories you may have missed and why they matter By Molly Enking It’s been decades since one world event has dominated the news cycle so completely. We lost more than 1.75 million people globally and more than 330,000 in the U.S. to COVID-19. Here’s a list of some other events that shook the… Continue reading
Dec 17 WATCH LIVE: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket By Justin Stabley and Associated Press SpaceX is expected to launch its Falcon 9 rocket Thursday, carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Continue reading