This January, NHPR marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger shuttle disaster with a multi-part series honoring the life, ...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched into unusually cold conditions. Engineers had raised concerns about rubber seals failing in low temperatures, but the launch proceeded anyway ...

On June 28, 1983, Sally Ride became the first female in space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger. In September 1983, NASA announced that Anna would become the first mother to go into space when she was ...

Joe Anselmo has been Editorial Director of the Aviation Week Network and Editor-in-Chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology since 2013. Based in Washington, D.C., he directs a team of more than two ...

NASA is gearing up for the SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station, set to launch next month, as the ...

For most, getting into a car is a task that can be done without assistance. Yet for those whose destination is the moon, the ...

Video shows SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching the Crew-11 mission for NASA from Launch Complex-39 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Crew-11 is NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, ...

As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 15.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the four-member Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station on Friday morning, after weather forced the scrub of the mission a day ...

A Russian cosmonaut was removed from the upcoming NASA and SpaceX Crew-12 mission. Russia's space agency did not give a reason, but reports suggest a national security violation. The Crew-12 mission ...

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, scheduled for launch in February 2026, marks an important milestone in the exploration of ...

A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.