NASA receives more than 12,000 applications for next astronaut class
Posted: Fri, Apr 3 2:37 PM ET (1837 GMT)
More than 12,000 people submitted applications in NASA's latest astronaut selection round. The deadline for submitting applications was Tuesday, with the agency now...

NASA assigns astronauts to SpaceX commercial crew flight
Posted: Fri, Apr 3 2:36 PM ET (1836 GMT)
NASA has assigned two more astronauts to the first operational SpaceX commercial crew flight. NASA astronaut Shannon Walker and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi will fly...

Stratolaunch announced hypersonic vehicle plans
Posted: Fri, Apr 3 2:35 PM ET (1835 GMT)
Stratolaunch unveiled a reusable hypersonic vehicle the company is developing. The Talon-A will be launched from the company's giant aircraft and be able...

OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Posted: Sun, Mar 29 9:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)
Satellite megaconstellation company OneWeb announced late Friday it had filed for Chapter bankruptcy protection and laid off most of its staff. The company, which is...

SpaceX wins Gateway cargo contract
Posted: Sun, Mar 29 9:39 AM ET (1339 GMT)
NASA announced Friday it has awarded a contract to SpaceX to transport cargo to and from the lunar Gateway. SpaceX will use a new version...

Atlas 5 launches AEHF-6
Posted: Fri, Mar 27 2:13 PM ET (1813 GMT)
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 successfully launched a military communications satellite Thursday afternoon. The Atlas 5 551 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 4:...

Crew Dragon test article destroyed when parachute test goes awry
Posted: Fri, Mar 27 2:09 PM ET (1809 GMT)
A botched Crew Dragon parachute test Tuesday could also revise the schedule for that mission. SpaceX said that a helicopter carrying a Crew Dragon parachute...

Rocket Lab postpones launch because of pandemic
Posted: Fri, Mar 27 2:05 PM ET (1805 GMT)
Rocket Lab is delaying its next launch because of the coronavirus pandemic. The company said Tuesday its next Electron launch from New Zealand, which had...

Soyuz launches new set of OneWeb satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 22 11:56 AM ET (1556 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a second set of OneWeb satellites Saturday. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 1:...

NASA closes centers, halts some work because of coronavirus pandemic
Posted: Sun, Mar 22 11:53 AM ET (1553 GMT)
NASA has suspended work on some major programs and closed centers because of the coronavirus pandemic. NASA announced Tuesday that it was instituting mandatory telework...