Who are the first astronauts to fly aboard Boeing’s Starliner?
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Two veteran NASA astronauts with 500 days of previous spaceflight experience between them are the first crew of Boeing's pxpCST-100 Starliner space capsule, launched to space in a test flight on Wednesday from Florida. Barry "Butch" Wilmore
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft sends first astronaut crew to orbit
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Boeing's new Starliner capsule flew its first crew of astronauts to orbit on Wednesday from Florida in a much-delayed test mission to the International Space Station, a milestone in the aerospace giant's ambitions
Moon lander Odysseus mission to be cut short after sideways touchdown
By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette (Reuters) - Flight control engineers expect to lose contact with the private U.S. moon lander Odysseus, cutting short the mission five days after its sideways touchdown, the company behind the spacecraft, Intuitive Machines, said on
US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft
By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette (Reuters) - A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the moon's south pole on Thursday, the first U.S. touchdown on the lunar surface in more than half a century and
Moon rover exits India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft to explore lunar surface
By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The moon rover of India's Chandrayaan-3 exited the spacecraft on Thursday morning to begin its exploration of the lunar surface, the country's space agency said on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The spacecraft
Virgin Galactic successfully flies tourists to space for the first time
Virgin Galactic's "Galactic 02" space mission, the first space tourism flight, was a success. The flight was on the VSS Unity spaceplane, with three crew members (one instructor and two pilots) and three tourists on board for a pleasure trip above Earth.
Russia to launch first moon lander since 1976 in race with Indian spacecraft
By Mark Trevelyan and Lidia Kelly (Reuters) - Russia will launch its first lunar landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday in a race with India to the south pole of the moon, a potential source of water to support a
NASA spacecraft documents how Jupiter’s lightning resembles Earth’s
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hidden below the brownish ammonia clouds blanketing Jupiter are clouds that like on Earth are made of water. And like on Earth, lightning often is generated within these clouds - an eerie sight spotted by
Touching the Sun with NASA’s technology
The Parker Solar Probe from NASA was launched in 2018 and started circling near the sun. Scientists, including, eponymous astrophysicist on the Eugene Parker spacecraft, want to answer key questions about the solar wind flowing from the sun, releasing energetic