Space

Two NASA astronauts, a Japanese space veteran and a Russian cosmonaut bid their seven space station crewmates farewell and returned to Earth Saturday night, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa after a fiery plunge back through the lower atmosphere.

After splashing down safely in their Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 completed the agency’s fifth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station. The international crew of four spent 157 days in orbit.

The moon will find itself in the grip of a cosmic scorpion’s claws during the pre-dawn hours Monday (March 13) as it visits the stars in the constellation Scorpius before dawn.

Relativity Space will try again Saturday to launch its 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket into orbit from Cape Canaveral after halting a countdown earlier in the week to ensure propellants loaded into the launcher were at the proper temperature. The three-hour launch window opens at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT).

NASA has selected four teams of university faculty and students to solve key challenges facing the future of air travel as part of the agency’s University Leadership Initiative.

On Thursday (March 9), ULA rolled its first Vulcan Centaur rocket to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for testing ahead of the vehicle’s debut flight.

Enjoy galaxies galore amid the Last Quarter Moon from March 10 to 17.

As a follow-up to its biennial report demonstrating the economic impact of NASA nationwide, the agency released new state-specific information on Monday. Each of the 51 fact sheets, which are the first drafted by the agency, showcase how investments in NASA benefit humanity.

Read the latest news about SpaceX’s Crew-5 and Crew-6 missions to the International Space Station for NASA.

SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday with 40 more internet satellites for rival OneWeb, followed eight minutes later by the landing of the rocket’s first stage booster back at the Florida spaceport. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket is set […]