Space Exploration

SpaceX’s Dragon, which was developed in part with U.S. government funding, is a capsule capable of traveling to and from the International Space Station. Here’s what you need to know.

Elon Musk is dialing back his threat to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA.

A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander.

The Federal Aviation Administration is demanding an accident investigation into this week’s out-of-control Starship flight by SpaceX.

SpaceX launched its Starship again Tuesday, but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart.

A spacecraft reentered Earth’s atmosphere Saturday, triggering a sonic boom that was heard across LA County.

A half-ton spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend.

Astronomers have detected possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet. But they caution much more work is needed to confirm their findings.

Monday’s flight of Blue Origin featured an all-women crew, but the Adler Planetarium is celebrating the contributions of women in space exploration, as Patrick Fazio reports.

Blue Origin’s flight features the first all-female crew since 1963 and includes big names like pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and philanthropist Lauren Sánchez.

Katy Perry and Gayle King were among the six crew members on Monday’s Blue Origin launch.

Katy Perry is set to shoot across the sky with Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez and more stars in Blue Origin’s historic all-women rocket launch. 

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates launched successfully to the International Space Station on Tuesday on board a Russian spacecraft.

Astronaut Sunita Williams is scheduled to speak publicly on Monday for the very first time since splashing back down to Earth earlier this month.

Blue Origin has set a launch date for sending Gayle King, Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez and three other women into space.

A private lunar lander from Texas-based Firefly has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon.

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts.

Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday evening on their way to the International Space Station.

A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA’s two stuck astronauts.

A new astronaut crew’s arrival at the International Space Station will kick off the process of bringing Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore back to Earth.