Science & Medicine
President Trump’s pick to lead NASA is a congressman who wants to mine fuel from the moon and has denied human activity’s role in climate change.
Sept. 7, 2017
World & Nation
U.S. Rep Jim Bridenstine of Oklahoma was confirmed by the U.S.
April 23, 2018
Business
SpaceX suffered a setback on Saturday when a test-fire accident sent up a plume of orange smoke from the pad where its Crew Dragon astronaut capsule’s escape system engines were being tested.
April 21, 2019
If neither SpaceX nor Boeing has its capsule ready to fly astronauts on a regular basis by September, NASA will be in a tight spot.
Oct. 11, 2019
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to fly NASA astronauts to the International Space Station on May 27 — the first such launch from U.S. soil since 2011.
April 17, 2020
President Biden has chosen Bill Nelson, a former senator from Florida who flew on the Columbia space shuttle, to lead NASA.
March 19, 2021
NASA has announced its headquarters will be renamed in honor of Mary W. Jackson, the first Black woman to work there as an engineer.
June 25, 2020
As rookie NASA astronaut Nick Hague climbed into a Soyuz rocket for the first time alongside veteran Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin on Oct. 10, what should have been a routine flight to the International Space Station could already be described as awkward.
Nov. 1, 2018
The Starliner capsule was thrown off course by a faulty timer, Boeing and NASA said. It is supposed to carry astronauts soon.
Dec. 20, 2019
Obituaries
Worden performed the first deep-space spacewalk — nearly 200,000 miles from Earth
March 18, 2020