Nov 17 SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX's newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 3:41 News Wrap: Fighting in Ethiopia escalates again In our news wrap Monday, fighting in Ethiopia has escalated. The capital of the Tigray region was reportedly bombed after firing rockets into neighboring Eritrea -- an ally of Ethiopia. Some 25,000 refugees have fled to Sudan. Also, Hurricane Iota… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch 4:18 NASA and SpaceX set to make history, again By PBS NewsHour NASA and SpaceX are set to make history—again–when they launch their first operational commercial voyage to the international space station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Dave Mosher, Senior Space Correspondent for Business Insider, speaks with Hari… Continue watching
Nov 08 Astronauts arrive at launch site for 2nd SpaceX crew flight By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Four astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX’s second crew launch, coming up next weekend. For NASA, it marks the long-awaited start of regular crew rotations at the International Space Station, with private companies providing the lifts. Continue reading
Aug 04 WATCH: NASA Astronauts Hurley and Behnken discuss historic SpaceX Dragon test flight By Associated Press Test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken rode the SpaceX Dragon capsule back to Earth less than a day after departing the International Space Station and two months after blasting off from Florida. Continue reading
Aug 02 SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 4:41 SpaceX Crew Dragon is heading home, hopes to land Sunday By PBS NewsHour NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are expected to land back on Earth on Sunday afternoon. The historic mission aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor, which has been docked at the International Space Station since May, will mark the first… Continue watching
Aug 02 SpaceX guiding NASA astronauts to 1st splashdown in 45 years By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The first astronauts to ride a SpaceX capsule into orbit headed toward a retro-style splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday afternoon to close out a two-month test flight. Continue reading
May 31 SpaceX's astronaut-riding Dragon arrives at space station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The docking occurred just 19 hours after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Saturday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, the nation’s first astronaut launch to orbit from home soil in nearly a decade. Continue reading
May 30 SpaceX rocket ship blasts off into orbit with 2 Americans By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era of commercial space travel and putting NASA back in the business of launching astronauts from U.S. soil… Continue reading