Space

SpaceX’s upcoming launch marks a turning point in space exploration for several reasons.

The first orbital launch could happen as early as Saturday. 

It will mark the first time astronauts launch into orbit aboard a private company’s spacecraft, and it will also be the first launch of American astronauts in an American-made spacecraft since the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011.

The two astronauts who will end a nine-year launch drought for NASA flew to Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, exactly one week before their historic SpaceX flight.

A high-ranking NASA official has resigned a week before a historic spaceflight is scheduled to launch.

Vice President Mike Pence praised the astronauts who will launch into space on a SpaceX rocket next week, calling them “trailblazers of a new era.”

California officials denied SpaceX's request for a $655,500 in worker training subsidies.

SpaceX is set to launch two astronauts in the company’s first crewed spaceflight on May 27.

The latest casualty of severe business disruptions

Richard Branson is free to sell a nearly $1 billion stake in Virgin Galactic, half his stake in the aerospace company he founded.

Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said there's been an "avalanche of applicants" for the Space Force.

China is sending astronauts into space as part of its plan to complete work on the country's space station by 2022.

More than 400 people have put down deposits for Virgin Galactic’s future spaceflights, representing more than $100 million in potential future business.

Actor in talks with private firm and NASA on an action-adventure film.

Virgin Galactic’s spaceship VSS Unity landed in the New Mexico desert on Friday, marking its first glide flight from Spaceport America as the company moves toward commercial operations.

NASA and SpaceX on Friday urged everyone to stay home for the first home launch of astronauts in nearly a decade because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The companies’ contracts for NASA’s Artemis program are worth a combined $967 million.

The mission is scheduled for May 27.

Russian officials said they took stringent measures to protect the crew amid the pandemic.

The contract was awarded to VOX Space, a subsidiary of Virgin Orbit that conducts satellite launches for U.S. military and national security branches.