Jackie Wattles

Virgin Galactic, the suborbital space tourism company, is gearing up for its first flight to the edge of space in nearly two years.

Virgin Galactic, the suborbital space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, is gearing up for its first flight to the edge of space in nearly two years.

Vast — a California-based startup — plans to use a SpaceX rocket to launch what it hopes to be the world's first commercial space station and ferry passengers to and from the orbiting outpost.

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, will join NASA’s lunar lander program — competing against Elon Musk’s SpaceX to develop spacecraft intended to ferry astronauts to the moon’s surface.

A SpaceX rocket carrying a decorated former NASA astronaut and three paying customers took off from Florida Sunday afternoon. The crew is embarking on a weeklong stay aboard the International Space Station.

A SpaceX capsule carrying a decorated former NASA astronaut and three paying customers linked up with the International Space Station on Monday, kicking off a historic weeklong mission for the crew.

Virgin Galactic — the space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson — has returned its supersonic plane to the edge of space for the first time since 2021, when Branson made his own venture toward the cosmos.

A lunar lander likely plummeted 3 miles before smashing into the lunar surface after an attempt to make a soft touchdown on the moon, Ispace said Friday.

A SpaceX capsule carrying a former NASA astronaut and three customers left the International Space Station on May 30. The spaceflight is the final leg of a historic private mission.

More lengthy delays could impact the launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, designed to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station and compete with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.