Spaceflight March 3, 2023 NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 astronaut mission successfully arrives at International Space Station NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission successfully docked with the International Space Station early Friday morning. The four astronauts onboard will stay aboard the ISS for six months.
Spaceflight March 2, 2023 NASA, SpaceX successfully launch four astronauts to space station Four astronauts were successfully launched to the International Space Station by SpaceX and NASA early Thursday morning. They'll dock at the ISS on Friday for a six month stay.
Japan February 21, 2023 Japanese startup announces plans to launch commercial space viewing balloon flights Keisuke Iwaya, the CEO of a Japanese startup, announced plans to launch commercial space viewing balloon flights. The passengers do not need to be billionaires or do immense training.
Kansas February 19, 2023 Kansas night sky lit up by 'small swarm of meteors' The National Weather Service's office in Goodland, Kansas, captured a "small swarm of meteors" that vaporized in Earth's atmosphere early Sunday morning.
New Hampshire February 16, 2023 Memorial to honor New Hampshire teacher who died in Challenger disaster The New Hampshire Statehouse will add a memorial for Christa McAuliffe, the teacher who died in the Challenger. She was killed when the Challenger broke apart shortly after takeoff.
AIR AND SPACE February 15, 2023 Space Force, Space Command pass the buck on UFOs as US airspace security questions swirl NORAD and NORTHCOM have been taking the lead on information related to the UFOs, while involvement by U.S. space-focused military agencies is not clear.
AIR AND SPACE February 12, 2023 Meteoroid expected to safely strike Earth's atmosphere Sunday evening over France A meteorite is expected to safely strike Earth's atmosphere over northern France around 10:00 p.m. ET on Sunday evening, according to the European Space Agency.
Spaceflight February 9, 2023 Virgin Orbit suspects a $100 part was responsible for LauncherOne failure: report A $100 part is suspected to be responsible for a Jan. 9 failure of Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket, according to the spaceflight company's chief executive.
AIR AND SPACE February 1, 2023 Video shows 'mysterious' whirlpool spiral flying over Hawaii sky A strange spiral was caught on video earlier this month as it soared over Maunakea, Hawaii, and a telescope operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
Mars January 31, 2023 NASA captures photo of 'bear's face' on the surface of Mars NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a a photograph of a formation that resembles a bear's face on the surface of the Red Planet.
Spaceflight January 31, 2023 Satellite, rocket stage nearly collide in possible ‘worst-case scenario’ An old rocket body and a military satellite nearly collided on Friday. LeoLabs said the resulting crash would have resulted in thousands of fragments persisting for decades.