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Byline: MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

24 Nov

Boeing’s troubled capsule won’t carry astronauts on next space station flight

published on November 24, 2025 - 3:01 PM

Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company’s next Starliner flight and instead perform a trial run

13 Nov

Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars

published on November 13, 2025 - 2:53 PM

Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars. It was

31 Mar

NASA’s newly returned astronauts say they would fly on Boeing’s Starliner capsule again

published on March 31, 2025 - 2:09 PM

(AP) — NASA’s celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Monday that they hold themselves partly responsible for what

06 Mar

Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon’s south pole

published on March 6, 2025 - 2:53 PM

(AP) — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA

04 Feb

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin mimics the moon’s gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight

published on February 4, 2025 - 1:12 PM

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity Tuesday, without straying too far from home.

15 Jan

2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey

published on January 15, 2025 - 2:23 PM

In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart

17 Dec

NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts face more time in space with return delayed until at least late March

published on December 17, 2024 - 2:18 PM

NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won’t be back on Earth until

05 Dec

NASA’s stuck astronauts hit 6 months in space. Just 2 more to go

published on December 5, 2024 - 2:56 PM

Known across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the six-month mark in space Thursday

09 Oct

Severe solar storm could stress power grids even more as US deals with major back-to-back hurricanes

published on October 9, 2024 - 2:32 PM

A severe solar storm is headed to Earth that could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with

28 Aug

FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing

published on August 28, 2024 - 2:37 PM

SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration