First the space shuttle is taken to the Orbital Processing Facility (OPF) where maintenance takes place ... The launch involved Lift Off, Roll Program, Max-Q, and Main Engine Cut Off (MECO).

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ return to earth at the conclusion of the scientific mission to the space station was more ...

The two Boeing Starliner astronauts left behind on the International Space Station are back on Earth, ending an odyssey that ...

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Turns out, NASA is still looking to use Starliner to ferry astronauts to the International Space ... off during the approach towards the station, prompting the astronauts to manually take control ...

Mission seven launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on December 28, 2023, taking off from Launch Complex ... and looks like a miniature space shuttle. It is powered by gallium arsenide-based ...

The SpaceX Crew-10 launch attempt was scrubbed Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center meaning two Boeing Starliner astronauts waiting to come home will have to wait some more.

All four of the Crew-10 passengers were pilots before getting their space assignments. It’s the second flight for McClain and Onishi, who will take over ... the first space shuttle flight ...

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom moves away from the International Space Station with the four members of Crew-9 headed for a splashdown landing off the coast ... who will take over command of ...

That Starlink 12-20 mission lifted off at ... Space Station. “When I talk about them, I sometimes joke that they’re like the Gilligan’s Island crew," retired NASA shuttle astronaut Winston ...