Marcia Dunn

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  • The first astronauts from Poland, India, and Hungary to visit the ISS snap a photoSuccess

    Meet Shubhanshu Shukla, Tibor Kapu, and Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, the first astronauts from India, Hungary, and Poland to visit the International Space Station

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of four aboard a Dragon Spacecraft lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux)Tech

    Astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary blast off on a private SpaceX Falcon flight to the International Space Station

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Tech

    After back-to-back explosions, new SpaceX mega rocket Starship tumbles out of control and breaks into pieces

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with a payload of 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites lifts off from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)Tech

    Amazon launches its first batch of 27 internet satellites to take on SpaceX’s Starlink

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • FILE – NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo enroute to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for their liftoff on a Boeing Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File)Tech

    The NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space for 9 months are finally on their way home aboard a SpaceX capsule

    By The Associated Press and Marcia Dunn
  • Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)Tech

    Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin finally launches massive New Glenn rocket into first orbit, but misses booster landing

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A with a payload of a pair of lunar landers at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux)Tech

    SpaceX launches 2-for-1 moonshot to send pair of lunar landers toward the moon in separate roundabout journeys

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is seen on Launch Complex 36 shortly before the launch attempt was scrubbed at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)Tech

    Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin may try again this week to launch massive New Glenn rocket after last-minute postponement

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • Four astronauts sitting in a SpaceX spacecraftTech

    Four astronauts have safely returned to Earth after an extended eight-month stay caused by Hurricane Milton and, you guessed it, Boeing hardware gone wrong

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • rocket lands at launchpadTech

    Musk declares ‘science fiction without the fiction’ after giant SpaceX booster lands on launch pad

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • The northern lights visible in England during a solar storm in 2024.Environment

    Solar storm could bring rare northern lights to southern US—and strain power grids

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • SpaceX capsule DragonTech

    NASA says it’s a long way from ‘writing off Boeing’ as stranded astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • two astronauts in spacesuitsTech

    SpaceX launches rescue mission for astronauts stuck on ISS due to Boeing capsule’s glitches

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • astronaut emerges from space capsuleTech

    SpaceX capsule returns to Earth after historic spacewalk that went higher than ISS, Hubble

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • Astronauts, from left, mission specialist Anna Menon, pilot Scott Poteet, commander Jared Isaacman and mission specialist Sarah Gillis arrive at the Kennedy Space Center for an upcoming private human spaceflight mission in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux)Tech

    SpaceX launches daredevil billionaire into space to conduct first spacewalk by a private citizen

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press