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Photos: Astronauts trained in emergency procedures at Atlas 5 launch pad
Several NASA astronauts, plus Boeing test pilot Chris Ferguson, recently participated in a training session at Cape Canaveral, practicing how they would evacuate from the Atlas 5 rocket's launch pad in the event of a countdown emergency.
NASA’s last shuttle commander to helm test flight of Boeing crew capsule
NASA's last space shuttle commander -- former U.S. Navy fighter pilot Chris Ferguson -- will fly Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew capsule on its first piloted test mission to the International Space Station next year.
Boeing delays crew capsule test flights after abort engine problem
Boeing has reshuffled a sequence of test flights planned for the company's CST-100 Starliner capsule after stuck valves inside a test version of the ship's service module caused a fuel spill in June, delaying the commercial spacecraft's first unpiloted orbital demo mission until late this year or early 2019, and moving back the first crew launch to mid-2019, a company official said Wednesday.
Long March 4B rocket lofts Chinese Earth-observing satellite
A sharp-eyed Chinese Earth-imaging satellite rode a Long March 4B booster into orbit Tuesday, tying the record for the highest number of space launches China has achieved in a single year.
Solar probe moves into launch position at Cape Canaveral
NASA's Parker Solar Probe, fueled and buttoned up for liftoff Aug. 11 on the first mission to fly through the sun's corona, arrived at its launch pad at Cape Canaveral early Tuesday after a convoy trip from a nearby fueling and test facility.
VideoPhotos: Ariane 5 blasts off with Galileo satellites
Look back on last week’s blastoff of an Ariane 5 rocket from the edge of the Amazon jungle in French Guiana carrying four Galileo navigation satellites into orbit.
Another pair of Chinese navigation satellites successfully launched
A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launched two satellites Sunday to become the eighth and ninth spacecraft added to the country's Beidou navigation system so far this year.
TESS’s planet hunt begins
NASA's newest observatory in space has started its search for planets around other stars, officials said Friday, as astronomers zero in on worlds that are ripe for research by follow-up missions like the James Webb Space Telescope.
VideoVirgin Galactic’s rocket plane climbs closer to space
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, built to eventually carry commercial passengers to the edge of space, accomplished another powered test flight into the rarefied upper atmosphere Thursday with two pilots on-board.
Video: Ariane 5 takes off from French Guiana
Watch a replay of the liftoff of an Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday from the Guiana Space Center, a spaceport carved from the edge of the Amazon rainforest. The launcher carried four Galileo navigation satellites into orbit.