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A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA’s two stuck astronauts.

A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA’s two stuck astronauts.

After several delays, the mission launched from California on Tuesday.

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed toward orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies.

A mission that could provide a cosmic history lesson launched from the Southern California coast on Tuesday.

NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore’s teenage daughter Daryn Wilmore said it’s “mentally exhausting” to have her dad be stuck in space since June 2024.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke about their nine months aboard the International Space Station in advance of their return home.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have to wait until their replacements arrive at the International Space Station next week before they can check out.

A new study in Nature Communications shows that the so-called Red Planet’s color comes from a water-rich mineral called ferrihydrite.

Elon Musk has made unfounded claims that two NASA astronauts were left on the space station for “political reasons” after their Boeing spacecraft ran into problems.

But — importantly — the chances are still “extremely low,” though they have ticked up since the object was first detected.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June, will come home sooner than anticipated.

NASA said that SpaceX will switch capsules for upcoming crew flights to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in mid-March instead of late March or April.

Sixty labs around the world are analyzing dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.

Suni Williams, one of the two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, performed the year’s first spacewalk Thursday along with fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague.

Suni Williams, one of NASA’s two stuck astronauts, stepped out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station seven months ago.

Texas-based rocket builder Firefly Aerospace launched its “Blue Ghost” cargo lander on a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday. Japanese company ispace tagged along, launching a separate mission.

Smoke from the wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area can even be seen from space.

Drone video shows the devastating aftermath of the Palisades fire in Pacific Palisades, CA.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, aboard the International Space Station, trained his camera on the northern lights, capturing the phenomenon flickering over nighttime city lights.