After a nail-biting 29 days of travel and deployments, the James Webb Space Telescope fired its thrusters Monday to reach its new home in orbit.
Author: Emre Kelly, Florida Today
SpaceX launches final Florida mission of 2021, bringing holiday supplies to astronauts
With SpaceX’s 100th successful Falcon 9 rocket launch, we’ve reached a pace of space missions not seen since the 1960s.
‘We’ve never done any of this before’: NASA anxious to send a $10 billion telescope to space
Scientists have for decades anticipated NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. But they are equally nervous about the precision required for its success.
NASA picks 10 new astronauts out of pool of more than 12,000 applicants
NASA announced its latest class of astronauts Monday, 10 men and women who will train for missions covering the expanse from Earth orbit to the moon.
SpaceX returns 4 astronauts back to Earth, ending nearly 200-day flight
A team of astronauts safely splashed down off the Florida coast late Monday, setting the stage for the next crew to launch from Kennedy Space Center.
From NASA to Blue Origin, the cutting-edge space industry has old problems: Sexism and harassment
The space industry, a cutting-edge and romanticized field rife with goals of saving humanity, has an ancient problem: sexism and harassment.
Mercury 13’s famous Wally Funk is going to space with Jeff Bezos and the Blue Origin crew
Wally Funk, a famous aviator who pushed for female inclusion in NASA’s astronaut training programs for decades, to join Blue Origin space flight.
SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth in splashdown off Florida coast
Four astronauts strapped into a Crew Dragon capsule splashed down into the Gulf of Mexico, wrapping up a mission to the International Space Station.
SpaceX Falcon 9 deploys Starlink satellites after Florida launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 blasted off into low-lying clouds above Kennedy Space Center early Thursday, taking with it the latest batch of Starlink satellites.
Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars, a key step in NASA’s search for signs of life
NASA’s newest robotic explorer has landed safely on Mars after a nearly 300 million-mile journey that began on a Florida launch pad.