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SpaceX upgraded drone ships with record-breaking rocket landings

In a media briefing after a visit to SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, October 10, 2019 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said 'We need to make s...

Hubble reveals stunning image of 'Cosmic Reef' to mark 30th anniversary

Due to their massive size, these stars will live relatively short lives, at least in cosmic terms - just a few million years compared to the 10 billion years li...

This weekend’s Full Strawberry Moon is an almost-summer treat

Instead, the full Strawberry Moon will be visible, and will stay that way into the early-morning hours on Sunday. The name comes from the relatively short sea...

Strawberry Moon 2020: Best times to watch

According to Time and Date , the Strawberry Moon Eclipse will be visible in most parts of Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, South/East South America, Pacifi...

Russia's 20,000-tonne diesel spill pollutes waterways in Siberia

The power plant manager, Vyacheslav Starostin, has since been detained by authorities. On Wednesday he furiously criticised the delay in the cleanup response,...

Strawberry Moon 2020 Live Stream, How to Watch?

The Lunar Eclipse June 2020 will start taking place from 11:15 pm on the night of June 5 and will continue for 3 hours and 18 minutes till 2:34 am on June 6. E...

SpaceX Successfully Deploys 60 Starlink Satellites

At 6:55AM IST today, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 of Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with 60 Starlink satellites in to...

ISS Astronaut Snaps Photos Of Crew Dragon Approaching During Historic Mission

Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who took off on a rocket Falcon 9 the day before from Florida, are the first astronauts to reach the ISS, 400 kilometers from the E...

Trump tweets about campaigning against Sen. Murkowski

Murkowski, like Sen. Susan Collins of ME, has voted with Trump more often than not but has been lambasted by far-right Trump supporters when she parted company ...

United States to ban passenger flights by Chinese airlines

The Trump administration on May 22 accused China's government of making it impossible for USA airlines to resume service to China and ordered four Chinese car...

Asteroid to make close approach to Earth this weekend

In fact, Asteroid 2002 NN4 is the first of four fairly large asteroids to pass by Earth this month. The majority of asteroids can be found orbiting the sun ...

China eases flight curbs after United States order targeting Chinese carriers

After the United States said that it will suspend Chinese flights entering the country, Beijing announced the resumption of foreign airline services, providin...

How to Watch This Friday's Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

During the lunar eclipse , Earth moves in between the sun and the moon and obstruct the sunlight that is reflected by the moon. This full moon's peak is 3:12...

Astronauts speak from ISS after Crew Dragon launch

Their upcoming flight test is known as Demo-2, short for Demonstration Mission 2. When we think of astronauts we visualize them in those cumbersome, bulging s...

SpaceX's Crew Dragon makes history with successful docking at the ISS

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will hold a news conference at 3:15 p.m. EDT from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the successful docking ...

SpaceX Starship prototype destroyed after static-fire test

A live broadcast on NASA's website showed white smoke coming out of the spacecraft before it was obliterated in a massive explosion . SpaceX had just cond...

The Dragon Has Landed! Elon Musk's SpaceX Spacecraft Arrives at Space Station

Watch in the video below how astronauts Behnken and Hurley exit the Crew Dragon and greet the three astronauts on board the station. Hurley and Behnken had ...

`Trampoline is working`: Musk taunts Russian space agency chief

This story is developing. The Falcon 9 took off from the same launch pad used by NASA's final space shuttle flight, piloted by Hurley, in 2011. SpaceX, ...

US Astronauts Blast Into Space Aboard SpaceX Rocket

EDT from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the successful docking of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The launch was the first for NASA's ...

SpaceX Successfully Launches NASA Astronauts Into Space

The arrival completed the first leg of the trip, created to test the capabilities of the Crew Dragon capsule. The two NASA astronauts aboard the flight have n...

SpaceX capsule carrying astronauts docks with space station

Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine congratulated the duo on a job well done: "The whole world saw this mission and we are so, so proud of everything you've don...

SpaceX's Dragon capsule docks at International Space Station

The craft is an "exciting ride", and "not like the simulator", Brehnken said as the capsule was linked up to the space station. On Sunday morning, the spacecr...

Musk's SpaceX set for debut astronaut mission, renewing NASA's crewed launch program

The Dragon spacecraft, which can carry seven passengers and significant cargo, will be launched into space by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. Everything is a "g...

US Astronauts Dock SpaceX Rocket at International Space Station

For most of the 19-hour flight, Endeavour was under autonomous control, but Hurley and Behnken did get a couple of chances to try out the craft's manual touchsc...

SpaceX Starship rocket explodes into fireball before ISS launch — NASA explosion

This test was conducted in the intension of testing and developing the Starship - SpaceX's new spacecraft for its next mission. Starship's shiny external appear...

Russian Space Agency Congratulates SpaceX On Rocket Launch

Ultimately, NASA hopes to rely in part on its commercial partners as it works to send astronauts back to the moon in the next few years, and on to Mars in the...

SpaceX to reattempt manned rocket launch in Florida

Elon Musk-owned aerospace company SpaceX on Saturday successfully launched a rocket ship with two NASA astronauts into orbit from the USA state of Florida . Pr...

SpaceX's historic Demo-2 astronaut launch: Photos, videos and awesome tweets

Astronauts Doug Hurley , foreground, and Bob Behnken work in SpaceX's flight simulator at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., as SpaceX tea...

Historic SpaceX Rocket Launches Despite Predictions of Unfavorable Weather Conditions

It will also mark the first time in almost a decade the USA has launched American astronauts from US soil, ending an expensive reliance on Russian Federation ...

Woman Last Seen in Atlantic County ID'd as Serial Killer's Victim

She was never reported as a missing person, police said. The Gilgo Beach killings , an unsolved case that has dredged up the remains of 10 people, has led to...

Tropical Storm Bertha downgraded to a Tropical Depression

Tropical Storm Bertha has been downgraded to a Tropical Depression. It's possibly a harbinger of things to come: the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric A...

What you need to know about SpaceX's 'Demo-2' mission

Rain and thick clouds are the primary concerns. Capt. Jason Fontenot , a meteorologist with the Weather Squadron and spacelift weather operations flight com...

SpaceX prototype vehicle explodes during engine test

The vehicle erupted soon after a trial known as a static fire test, which initially appeared successful, CNBC reported . The FAA had just approved this prototy...

NASA’s Jim Bridenstine talks ahead of SpaceX launch

The 45th Space Wing forecasts a 50 percent chance of weather affecting the launch Saturday. A team of meteorologists will not only be tracking the weather...

NASA Postpones 1st Commercial Space Flight

The first stage will return to a SpaceX landing ship which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida , while the second part of the ro...