Spaceflight

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin a $3.4 billion contract to build a spaceship for its next astronaut mission to the moon.

NASA and Rocket Lab USA, Inc. launched two small satellites into orbit from New Zealand on Monday to study hurricanes and other cyclones more frequently.

Video shows a lightning bolt striking SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket on the Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A launch pad in Merritt Island, Florida on Thursday.

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is pausing operations and furloughing most employees until at least next week, a spokesperson confirmed to Fox Business.

Two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a Japanese astronaut returned to Earth late Saturday after completing a 157-day mission aboard the International Space Station.

NASA, SpaceX's launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station was scrubbed from Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Monday morning due to a technical issue.

SpaceX test fired the Super Heavy Booster 7, featuring 33 Raptor engines that ignited for nearly 10 seconds in Texas, though only 31 engines were successful.

SpaceX used their Falcon 9 rocket to launch a 9,000-pound satellite into orbit on Monday evening from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX successfully launched 49 Starlink satellites and another orbital transfer vehicle into low-Earth orbit on Tuesday morning.

SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time this year on Sunday, carrying a classified military payload to orbit for the United States Space Force.

Richard Branson reflected on his friendship with fellow billionaire and space entrepreneur, saying the SpaceX CEO once surprised him at his house in the middle of the night.

Two satellites designed to take photos of the earth developed by Airbus were lost on Tuesday night when their rocket ship failed and had to be manually destroyed.

NASA crews hope to move forward with the launch of its moon rocket Artemis I, scheduled to lift off on Wednesday morning, after sustaining damage during Hurricane Nicole.

New aerospace company Firefly Aerospace has successfully reached orbit with its new Alpha rocket. This was Firefly’s second launch attempt from California.

NASA will roll its Artemis I rocket back to the spacecraft's hangar at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, after delaying the launch over Hurricane Ian.

SpaceX will carry astronauts to the International Space State on five more missions after NASA awarded Elon Musk's company a $1.43 billion contract Wednesday.

NASA's Artemis 1 mission at Florida's Kennedy Space Center was scrubbed Monday, but the chances of launching later this week are "more than zero," officials say.

NASA has called off the scheduled launch of its Artemis 1 mission moon rocket Monday following technical and weather issues, including a problem with chilling an engine.

NASA and Boeing announced Thursday that the first crewed launch aboard the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station will take place next year.