Space

Commander Jared Isaacman and mission specialist Sarah Gillis each spent a few minutes outside the Dragon capsule, performing tests on their spacesuits.

The gargantuan rocket’s fifth test flight will attempt a complex booster ‘catch’ maneuver but not for at least a few months.

Researchers believe the space agency is prioritizing short-term wins and commercial arrangements over the personnel and technology that power it.

The mission to return the spacecraft to Earth concludes a flight test to the International Space Station that was unexpectedly extended to three months.

The historic mission will see civilian astronauts attempt a spacewalk for the first time in history, and spaceflight enthusiasts can watch it live.

NASA’s Boeing Starliner crew is far from the first to require a Plan B to return from orbit.

The space agency outlined its spacecraft salvage operation as astronauts are forced to stay at ISS another six months.

The spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station without crew no earlier than Friday.

The FAA opens a mishap investigation into the company’s workhorse booster after it tipped over while attempting to land on a droneship.

A helium leak has delayed the launch of the Polaris Dawn private space mission.