Space

An Atlas 5 rocket was hauled back to its seaside firing stand Monday for launch Tuesday on a flight to boost Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule into orbit for a second unpiloted test to prove the commercial ferry ship is ready to carry astronauts.

Boeing’s Starliner astronaut taxi will have to wait to launch … again.

United Launch Alliance is set to transfer an Atlas 5 rocket and Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft back to their launch pad at Cape Canaveral Monday, following a rollback into the Atlas 5’s integration hangar last week for safekeeping. The rollout is in preparation for launch of the Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 […]

Starliner rolled out to Space Launch Complex 41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for the second time this morning (Aug. 2).

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station.

Weather concerns continue as NASA and Boeing look to launch the Starliner capsule on a vital uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station on Tuesday (Aug. 3).

A staple of mythology, the hero Hercules has a strange celestial story.

The growing problem of space junk poses a risk to future space missions, but the solution isn’t going to be easy.

Saturn’s rings are still well represented this year, though they are now closing up. This image was shot by Damian Peach on 21 July 2021. Saturn comes to opposition on the night of 1/2 August in one of the highlights of the observing year. Saturn is often described as the […]

An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off Friday from a launch pad in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron A European Ariane 5 rocket launched from French Guiana Friday, succeeding on its first flight in nearly a year to deploy a pair of geostationary […]