US former NASA astronaut Joan Higginbotham, 60, who waited for nearly 20 years ahead of her 2006 space mission, says space tourists may be able to weekend in orbit in just five years' time.

The debut mission of Northrop Grumman's new jumbo cargo spacecraft didn't go off without a hitch. The company's first "Cygnus ...

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In 1978 Nasa announced 35 new astronauts for a new era of spaceflight – and six of them were women. Here's how the Space Shuttle programme chipped away at one of Nasa's blind spots.

NASA officials said Monday they might go ahead with Tuesday's launch of the space shuttle Discovery even if a fuel sensor problem recurs that scrubbed the flight nearly two weeks ago. Discovery is set ...

The capture by the International Space Station's robot arm came a day late because of an unexpected, but now resolved, ...

The Launch and Initial Challenges Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL embarked on its maiden voyage on September 14, 2023, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

SpaceX is determined to build a rocket that can reach Mars. However, another test has gone wrong. Here's what you need to ...

The University of Colorado Boulder will rename the Williams Village East residence hall to Onizuka Hall in honor of alumnus ...

SpaceX has successfully launched a newly designed Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the CRS-23 mission.