Hiker mauled by bear, hospitalized with ‘extensive’ injuries: official

A 45-year-old man hiking alone in Alberta, Canada, was mauled by a bear late Friday morning, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed to Fox News Digital Saturday.

VIDEO: Mama black bear and her cubs pay surprise visit to Sanford neighborhood

Imagine waking up to find a group of black bears roaming through your neighborhood – that's exactly what one family in Seminole County experienced on Thursday morning.

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.

WATCH: Deputies remove 8-foot alligator from Florida resident's doorstep

An 8-foot alligator that found itself on the doorstep of a Florida home over the weekend was safely relocated by the help of local deputies.

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.

Florida man arrested for keeping alligators in his backyard swimming pool, FWC says

A Florida man has been arrested after he was caught keeping alligators and several freshwater slider turtles on his property, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

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.

NASA 'Hidden Figures' women to receive Congressional Gold Medals

Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are receiving awards for their contributions to NASA’s space program.

Polaris Dawn: 4 astronauts set to launch on Falcon 9 rocket early Tuesday morning from Florida

SpaceX is gearing up for the launch of Falcon 9, which is expected to carry the Polaris Dawn mission to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth without astronauts

The troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft parachuted into the New Mexico desert overnight, without the astronauts it carried to the International Space Station in early June.

Polaris Dawn now set to launch on Monday morning
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SpaceX is gearing up to launch Falcon 9, which is expected to carry the Polaris Dawn mission to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX successfully launches another batch of Starlink satellites into space: Watch replay

SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink satellites into space from Florida on Thursday morning, after postponing the initial launch on Wednesday due to “unfavorable booster recovery conditions in the Atlantic."