Watch again: Melbourne restaurant owner among the 6 people Blue Origin launched to space

Blue Origin successfully launched its sixth group of space tourists from a West Texas launch site near Van Horn Thursday morning. Of the six tourists was a Central Florida restaurant owner.

Artemis 1 mission: 100,000 people expected to watch test launch
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Some 100,000 people are estimated to line the Space Coast later this month to watch the test launch of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the moon. Right now, the launch is expected to happen no earlier than the morning of Aug. 29, ? and space fans are already prepared, as some hotels are already booked for the event.

U.S. Space Force to launch sixth missile detection rocket to space on Thursday

The U.S. Space Force is set to launch its sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) missile detection satellite into space on Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Russian space chief: no date yet for space station pullout

The head of Russia’s space agency said Friday that the country has not set a date for pulling out of the International Space Station program, noting that it would only do that after it puts its own space station in orbit.

Digging into the cosmos: What's next for NASA?
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Pictures from the newly-developed James Webb Telescope are changing what scientists know about the cosmos. Researchers say they are still digging for more information. What's next for space exploration? The launch of NASA's Artemis program, seeking to establish a sustainable presence on the moon to prepare for missions to Mars.

Russia to opt out of International Space Station after 2024

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s newly appointed space chief said Tuesday.

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to open early Sunday for SpaceX launch

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will open two hours earlier on Sunday, July 24 to enable guests to view the next SpaceX Starlink mission launch.

UCF researchers to use James Webb Telescope data
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More than 1,100 proposals from 44 different countries vied for time with the James Webb Telescope. Among those proposals was one from researchers at the University of Central Florida.

US, Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again

NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets under an agreement announced Friday, and Russian cosmonauts will catch lifts to the International Space Station with SpaceX beginning this fall.

Secretive robot spaceplane breaks own record: 781 days in space

The military’s classified X-37B mini-shuttle has once again broken its own record for longest space mission, and there's no telling how much longer it may go.

Back online: Communications restored with NASA moon spacecraft

Engineers have restored communications with NASA's CAPSTONE spacecraft en route to the moon Wednesday after teams worked tirelessly for 24 hours to get to the bottom of the problem with the tiny spacecraft nearly 200,000 miles from Earth.

NASA moon spacecraft experiencing communication issue, here's what we know

A tiny spacecraft recently launched to the moon for NASA is not communicating with Earth after the first part of its journey went well, according to the space agency.

Florida restaurant owner to fly into space on Blue Origin rocket

A seat on Blue Origin's space tourism flight is one of the most exclusive tickets in the world. A Central Florida restaurant owner just became one of the lucky few to book a trip onboard.