Spaceflight

SpaceX Needs To Tame Toilet Trouble Before Weekend Launch

During SpaceX’s first private flight last month, a tube came unglued, spilling urine onto fans and beneath the floor.
By Marcia Dunn, AP

Prince William Says Saving Earth Should Come Before Space Tourism

"If we’re not careful we’re robbing from our children’s future through what we do now," the Duke of Cambridge said.
By PA Media

William Shatner Blasts Off

The 90-year-old became the oldest person in space aboard a Blue Origin ship and talked about the life-changing experience.
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SpaceX's 1st Tourists Splash Down In The Atlantic Off Florida

The all-amateur crew was the first to circle the world without a professional astronaut.
By AP

SpaceX Launches First-Ever Passenger Flight Around The World

For the first time in 60 years of human spaceflight, no professional astronaut is aboard an orbit-bound rocket.
By Marcia Dunn, AP

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson Blasts Off, Reaches Edge Of Space

The thrill-seeking billionaire and five employees took off from New Mexico.
By By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press

SpaceX Returns 4 Astronauts To Earth In Rare Night Splashdown

The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida, ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s company.
By Marcia Dunn, AP

SpaceX Rocket Debris Crashes On Farm, Leaving 4-Inch Dent In The Ground

A Washington state farmer found a nearly intact piece of rocket in his field last month.
By AP

NASA Successfully Lands New Mars Rover 'Perseverance'

The rover will examine an ancient river delta called Jezero Crater for signs of bygone microscopic life.
By Marcia Dunn, AP

International Space Station Bids Adieu To 12 Bottles Of Bordeaux Wine

The wine bottles have been aging in space for a year so that researchers can see how space altered the sedimentation and bubbles.
By Marcia Dunn, AP