Pasco students selected to send experiment to space

Biomedical sciences students at Wendell Krinn Technical High School in New Port Richey were chosen out of more than 29,000 students from the U.S., Canada, and Brazil to have their experiment blasted up to the ISS. 

First space-baked cookies took 2 hours in experimental oven aboard ISS

Chocolate chip cookies became the first food baked in space from raw ingredients -- and they took two hours to bake, NASA says.

You can vote to name the next Mars rover

NASA has narrowed down the number of names for its next Mars rover, which is currently going by "Mars 2020" until it gets an actual name.

With a bang, SpaceX tests capsule's ability to save crew during launch

SpaceX blew up one of its own rockets Sunday morning as part of a key test to show that its new Dragon capsule is safe for astronauts, bringing the company one step closer to its first crewed flight.

Clearwater facility to build electronics for Orion spacecraft

Mankind's return to the moon and eventually to Mars will be made possible in part by equipment made right here in the Bay Area.

Florida continues to target Space Force

Florida’s aerospace agency has launched a new front in its effort to make the Sunshine State more enticing as a potential player in the nation’s up-and-coming Space Force.

New York teen discovers a planet 1,300 light-years away

Sifting through a mound of data from a telescope orbiting Earth, a teenaged intern at NASA discovered a planet some 1,300 light-years away.

First launch of busy 2020 is also first launch for Space Force

Last night’s SpaceX satellite launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was the first mission conducted with the support of the nation’s newest military service, less than a month after President Trump signed the bill authorizing its creation.

NASA's alien planet hunter discovers its first Earth-sized planet in 'habitable-zone'

Since its launch in April 2018, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found a great number of exoplanets, including a so-called "missing link."

SpaceX Falcon 9 sends 60 communication satellites into space

The rocket will carry 60 Starlink satellite into orbit, aimed at providing internet service to those who are not yet connected.

Upcoming SpaceX launch to be first supported by U.S. Space Force

When first rocket launch of 2020 lights up the skies over Cape Canaveral next week, it will mark the first official launch supported by the new U.S. Space Force.

First female launch director to take helm at NASA

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson will be the Launch Director when we send man back and the first woman to the moon.

DeSantis to join Pence for launch at Cape Canaveral

The unpiloted Boeing Starliner capsule’s Friday morning test flight is considered a milestone in NASA’s attempt to resume launching manned flights from U.S. soil.

NASA’s Hubble captures dazzling distant galaxy

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped a stunning picture of a galaxy about 50 million light-years away.

Boeing's crew capsule declared ready for first spaceflight

Boeing's Starliner crew capsule finally has a launch date for its first test flight to the International Space Station.

For first time, SpaceX sends reusable cargo capsule on third mission to space station

Mother Nature cooperated today and a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off into the clear blue sky just before 12:30 p.m., carrying an uncrewed Dragon capsule on its third flight to the station -- the first such milestone for the reusable spacecraft.

Space station cargo launch scrubbed due to upper-level winds

A capsule full of supplies and experiments was scheduled to be on its way to the space station, but the afternoon launch from Cape Canaveral was scrubbed because of upper-level winds.

NASA finds 'battling galaxies' in deep space

NASA has spotted "battling galaxies" in deep space, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope.