An earlier test of the same booster in July resulted in a giant fireball that sent the prototype back to the factory for repairs.
A previous plan called for a pruned list of 18 astronauts, but that's no longer the case, according to NASA's chief spaceman.
The local tourism office says more than 100,000 spectators are likely to hunker down near Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
These plans show how tense the situation between NASA and Roscosmos has become, and how bad it would be for the ISS should Russia abruptly leave.
The rising number of satellites in Earth orbit means astronomers are having to contend with increasingly cluttered skies. New research could help.
The Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off on Thursday at 7:08 p.m. ET and attempt the company's first trans-lunar injection.
Lucy is currently en route to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, but a problematic solar array potentially threatened the groundbreaking mission.
The robot is named MIRA, which stands for “miniaturized in-vivo robotic assistant,” and will hitch a ride to the ISS in 2024.
The incident is another reminder that regularly falling space junk is poised to become the new normal.
The changes, such as extra prep training, reflect lessons learned from Axiom Space's recent mission to the ISS.
It’s the first authorization bill in over five years that also backs the space agency’s Mars prospects, all while offering $52 billion for semiconductors.
It's the strongest indication yet that Russia is bailing on the longstanding partnership, but we’ll believe it when we see it.
The company sent 46 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket late last week.
It’s too early to know when or where the rocket core stage might crash, but it could happen within a week.
Students in Switzerland will use the prototype habitat to explore architectural solutions to the challenges of living on another planet.
NASA safety advisers are concerned that private space stations won't be ready before the ISS bites the dust.
The launch of the SLS megarocket will kick off a series of missions in which NASA seeks to return humans to the Moon.
The images include the first photo taken by a human from the lunar surface and rare views of the intrepid Apollo 11 astronauts.
Roscosmos released photos of its astronauts holding flags of occupied Ukrainian regions, but NASA responded only after the media made inquiries.
Expendable resupply vehicles are on their way out as orbital garbage trucks, suggests a recent test involving a new airlock and a big bag of trash.
