Polaris Dawn rocket launch: Meet the astronauts headed to space for historic spacewalk mission

The mission will include the first commercial spacewalk with a next-gen spacesuit, an attempt to reach the highest altitude since Apollo, and testing new communication technology via Starlink.

Here's when NASA's Starliner astronauts will finally come home – and how

NASA says it's not safe enough to let Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams fly the new Starliner spacecraft back to Earth, so they'll come home aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule next year. Meanwhile, Boeing will suffer the ignominy of being bailed out by a rival.

NASA will keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX. What should have been a weeklong test flight for the pair will now last more than eight months.

Miss Monday's supermoon? When you can see it again

Monday's supermoon appeared 14% larger and 30% brighter, but more supermoons are on the way.

Polaris Dawn crew arrives in Florida ahead of first SpaceX spacewalk mission

SpaceX is preparing to launch two of its employees and two other private citizens on the company's most ambitious mission yet, including the first private spacewalk and sending humans into the deepest orbit since the Apollo program. 

SpaceX is attempting its first private spacewalk in historic crewed mission: Polaris Dawn

SpaceX is on the verge of making history again. The company will launch a fully private crewed mission next week, taking astronauts further than they’ve been in 50 years.

Don't miss the rare Blue Supermoon rising Monday

Also known as the Sturgeon Moon, the eighth full moon of the year promises a rare and breathtaking celestial sight.

NASA leaders provide update on Boeing's stranded Starliner astronauts

NASA leaders revealed few new details during a briefing on a pair of astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June after a malfunction on their Boeing spacecraft.

NASA to decide Starliner's return by end of August
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NASA leaders revealed few new details during a briefing on a pair of astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June after a malfunction on their Boeing spacecraft.