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Boeing says thorough testing would have caught Starliner software problems
The program manager in charge of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule program said Friday that additional checks would have uncovered problems with the spaceship's software that plagued the craft's first unpiloted orbital test flight in December, but he pushed back against suggestions that Boeing engineers took shortcuts during ground testing.
SpaceX swaps upper stage for next Falcon 9 launch
SpaceX is targeting launches March 6 and March 11 for its next two missions after swapping an upper stage for its next Falcon 9 rocket with another stage already being readied for liftoff at Cape Canaveral.
NASA’s InSight mission shows Mars is a seismically active world
While one of its two science instruments remains sidelined, NASA's InSight probe has proven Mars is seismically active through the detection of hundreds of quakes, some of which can be traced to a volcanic region nearly 1,000 miles away.
Phobos sample return mission enters development for 2024 launch
Japan's space agency has approved a robotic mission to retrieve a sample from the Martian moon Phobos for return to Earth to begin full development for a planned launch in 2024, officials said Thursday.
Photos: Antares rocket lifts off with station-bound Cygnus supply ship
Powered by two Russian-made RD-181 main engines, a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket fired into a mostly sunny sky Saturday afternoon over Virginia's Eastern Shore carrying nearly 7,500 pounds of equipment to the International Space Station.
Cygnus freighter delivers new British-made antenna to International Space Station
A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter arrived at the International Space Station Tuesday two-and-a-half days after launching from Virginia's Eastern Shore, delivering a new British-made high-speed communications antenna and more than 7,000 pounds of other experiments and equipment.
Antares rocket lifts off from Virginia on space station cargo mission
A twin-engine Northrop Grumman Antares rocket climbed into orbit Saturday from Virginia's Eastern Shore carrying a Cygnus supply ship bound for the International Space Station with a compact electron microscope, a flame combustion experiment, a range of biological investigations, fresh cheese, fruit and vegetables for the research lab's three-person crew.
NASA picks Rocket Lab to launch lunar CubeSat mission
NASA announced Friday that Rocket Lab will launch a 55-pound CubeSat from Wallops Island, Virginia, toward the moon in early 2021 on a demonstration mission to test lunar navigation techniques and scout a unique elliptical orbit for the planned Gateway mini-space station.
VideoSpaceX’s Crew Dragon delivered to Cape Canaveral for first flight with astronauts
SpaceX's next Crew Dragon capsule was delivered to Cape Canaveral this week from a California factory for a liftoff as soon as this spring with veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on a test flight to the International Space Station, officials announced Friday.
VideoLive coverage: Cygnus supply ship arrives at space station
Two-and-a-half days after launch from Virginia, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship arrived at the International Space Station Tuesday with nearly 7,500 pounds of cargo. Capture with the station's robotic arm occurred at 4:05 a.m. EST (0905 GMT).