International Space Station (ISS)

By Mark Carreau
The long-awaited crewed debut of Boeing’s Starliner caps off a 13-year effort to certify multiple commercial providers of low-Earth-orbit astronaut transport.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The three NASA Crew-8 astronauts and their Russian cosmonaut colleague undocked their SpaceX Dragon capsule from the ISS and redocked on May 2.
Space

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX's resupply mission to the ISS, CRS-30, returned early April 30 with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The Dragon resupply mission undocking on April 28 from the ISS Harmony module's zenith docking port should enable a relocation of the Crew 8 Dragon capsule.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Early in the spacewalk, the two cosmonauts were working more than 2 hr. ahead of schedule and urging Russian flight controllers to plan a third spacewalk for them.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Each linkage features special adhesive similar to the feet of a gecko that allows the arms to grip objects.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom and Collins are working on new spacesuits for the agency’s lunar and LEO programs.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The second of two Blue Origin BE-4 engines has arrived at United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Decatur, Alabama, factory for installation on a Vulcan rocket.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Starlab, which is designed to house a crew of four, is designed to reach initial operational capability with just one launch.
Space Symposium

By Mark Carreau
Touchdown of the descent module on the steppes of Kazakhstan occurred at 3:17 a.m. EDT, or 12:17 p.m. local time, about 90 mi. southeast of Dzhezkazgan.
Space

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble, Irene Klotz, Guy Norris
Boeing’s new leadership in Commercial Airplanes and at the top are likely just the beginning of major changes at the manufacturing giant.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
The company is confident a spate of hardware issues and oversights are behind it.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA and Boeing have retargeted the planned launch date for the Starliner's crew flight test from May 1 to no earlier than May 6.
Space

By Mark Carreau
With Crewed Flight Test certification, Starliner will be in line for six missions to launch astronauts and return them from the ISS.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 is carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight tourist Marina Vasilevskaya.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The Cargo Dragon freighter is to remain docked for about five weeks before departing for a return to Earth with time-sensitive research.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s 30th SpaceX commercial resupply mission was on a course to reach the International Space Station with a nearly 6,300-lb. cargo early March 23.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The launch of Russia's Soyuz MS-25 to the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome was aborted 20 sec. prior to liftoff.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The agency is asking for the same amount of money it received in 2023.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The parachute-assisted splashdown of the four fliers occurred at 5:47 a.m. EDT, following atmospheric re-entry in the skies over the U.S. midwest and southeast.
Space

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX's Crew-7 Dragon spacecraft departed the ISS with a four-person crew on March 11 for a parachute-assisted splashdown off the Florida peninsula.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Launch of the SpaceX Cargo Dragon with a more than 6,000-lb. payload from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is planned for no earlier than mid-March.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The astronauts graduated from a two-year training period in a ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center on March 5.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut arrived at the ISS early March 5 with the autonomous docking of the SpaceX Crew-8 Dragon Endeavour capsule.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A compromise appropriations bill for fiscal 2024 keeps most funding for NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration initiative intact.
Space