Walter Cunningham, last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut, dead at 90

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston. He was 90.

SpaceX successfully launches first mission of 2023 from Florida's Space Coast

SpaceX is eyeing Tuesday morning for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket that will represent the space company's sixth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission, dubbed Transporter-6.

A look back at 2022’s most pivotal moments of space exploration

This year saw dozens of rocket launches and space science milestones that will help us better understand Earth and our universe.

NASA plans ambitious schedule for 2023
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NASA says it will keep the International Space Station in orbit through 2030 but Russia will be pulling out of the multi-national facility made of components that first launched in 1998. NASA has several key ISS supply launches planned in 2023 and the space agency also has more moon missions in the coming year.

Look up: See all 7 planets in the sky through the end of the year

For the most part, all seven planets can be viewed in the dusk sky with the naked eye, but you might want to grab your binoculars just in case.

WATCH: SpaceX completes 60th mission of 2022 Wednesday morning

SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink satellites from Florida Wednesday morning, its 60th mission of 2022. 

Apollo 8’s biblical Christmas Eve message: 'God bless all of you – all of you on the good Earth'

In 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 was told they’d have the largest audience in history as they headed for the moon on Christmas Eve. But what should they say to the conflicted planet they’d left behind?

'Rescue vehicle' may be needed to bring cosmonauts, NASA astronaut home from space

NASA and the Russian Space Agency managers are still working on a plan for how two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut will return to Earth after their ride home from the International Space Station was damaged.

'Buried treasure': James Webb telescope’s newest images show star at birth

‘It's like finding buried treasure,’ said scientists analyzing new images from the James Webb Space Telescope through different filters.

NASA lander InSight falls silent after 4 years on Mars

InSight arrived at Mars in 2018, recording more than 1,300 marsquakes and even documenting a Martian dust devil not just in pictures, but sound.

US Space Force, youngest military branch, turns 3: Exclusive behind-the-scenes look

The youngest branch of the military, the U.S. Space Force, turns three-years-old on Tuesday. While the smallest in terms of service members, their mission continues to grow on Florida's Space Coast.

SpaceX launches new batch of Starlink satellites from Florida Saturday

SpaceX is targeting Saturday, December 17, for a Falcon 9 launch of 54 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The instantaneous launch window is at 4:32 p.m. ET.