NOAA orders next generation of hurricane hunter aircraft

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced recently it awarded a contract to Georgia-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics for two specialized C-130J Hercules aircraft. The planes are expected to join NOAA’s fleet by 2030.

NASA, SpaceX Crew 9 rocket launch: Watch live coverage

NASA and SpaceX hope to launch the Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station on Saturday afternoon.

Earth is getting a temporary second moon this fall

Earth will soon have a visitor — and not of the extraterrestrial kind. Astronomers found a small asteroid that will orbit our planet this fall, becoming a "mini-moon" temporarily.

NASA, SpaceX delay launch date of Crew-9 mission to space station

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Thursday, Sept. 26, for the launch of the Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station.

Partial lunar eclipse 'Harvest' full moon to be visible in Florida on Tuesday: Here is the peak time

Stargazers in Florida and across the nation will be treated to a multifaceted celestial event on Tuesday, September 17, because a partial lunar eclipse and a full “Harvest" supermoon will be visible in the night sky.

WATCH: SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew completes first private spacewalk

Jared Isaacman, CEO of Shift4 integrated payment processing solutions, participated in the first ever private spacewalk by a group of astronauts who left a SpaceX capsule after a delay of a few hours, testing a new line of spacesuits in the company's riskiest mission yet.

SpaceX frustrated with FAA over delays in Starship test licensing

SpaceX’s Starship, the rocket NASA will use to return humans to the moon, faces delays as the company claims the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is taking too long to approve its next test.

SpaceX frustrated with FAA over Starship delays
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SpaceX?s Starship, the rocket NASA will use to return humans to the moon, faces delays as the company claims the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is taking too long to approve its next test.

A record number of human beings are now in orbit

For the first time, there are 19 human beings orbiting the planet. They represent three different countries and are aboard three different spacecraft.

Polaris Dawn live updates: SpaceX launches 4 private astronauts for historic spacewalk mission Tuesday morning

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 5:23 a.m. ET carrying four Polaris Dawn mission private astronauts to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday morning.

Much speculation about future of Boeing Starliner
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Speculation is growing about the Starliner. The troubled Boeing space capsule returned to Earth last week uncrewed after undocking from the International Space Station.