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  • FILE – In this photo provided by NASA, Artemis II crew members, from left, Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, stand together at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in front of an Orion crew module on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. (Kim Shiflett/NASA via AP, File)Innovation

    NASA’s upcoming moonshot may let astronauts be the first to lay eyes on parts of the lunar far side that were missed by the Apollo program

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • This image provided by Blue Origin, Michaela Benthaus poses after the Blue Origin’s capsule landed on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 in West Texas. (Blue Origin via AP)Success

    Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space — laughing all the up, while on board a Blue Origin rocket

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • IsaacmanPolitics

    Billionaire spacewalker pleads his case to lead NASA, again, in Senate hearing

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press
  • 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 launchpad

    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 Dragon

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

    By Marcia Dunn and The Associated Press