Artemis I: NASA to test rocket on Wednesday
After two scrubs and a series of technical issues, NASA is preparing for another test of the Artemis I Space Launch System on Wednesday. How that test goes will determine the launch schedule.
Artemis I launch: Meet the manikins hitching ride on NASA’s moon rocket
When NASA launches its Artemis I moon rocket with the Orion spacecraft, humans will not be aboard, but scientists will be focused on three manikins who will be collecting important data during the multi-week excursion.
Meet the manikins that will hitch a ride on NASA’s moon rocket
When NASA launches its Artemis I moon rocket with the Orion spacecraft, humans will not be aboard, but scientists will be focused on three manikins who will be collecting important data during the multi-week excursion.
UCF researchers to use James Webb Telescope data
More than 1,100 proposals from 44 different countries vied for time with the James Webb Telescope. Among those proposals was one from researchers at the University of Central Florida.
NASA shares new images from the James Webb Space Telescope: The 'new era' of astronomy
Nasa's new James Webb Space Telescope images were unveiled on Tuesday, showing foamy blue and orange shot of a dying star and parts of the universe seen in a new light.
James Webb Telescope to release images from deep space
The James Webb Telescope is set to release images from deep space in a few days.
Artemis wet dress rehearsal delayed again
A massive wet dress rehearsal for a rocket and spacecraft that could return astronauts to the moon was scrubbed again Monday for issues unrelated to Sunday's delay.
NASA's mega moon rocket rolls launchpad
Since the fall, the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft have been stacked inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, awaiting the Artemis-1 mission launch. For the first time, the Artemis-1 vehicle made the 4-mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launchpad 39B.
Space junk on collision course with the moon
The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers. The leftover rocket will smash into the far side of the moon at 5,800 mph (9,300 kph) on Friday, away from telescopes’ prying eyes. It may take weeks, even months, to confirm the impact through satellite images.
GOES-T weather satellite ready for liftoff on Tuesday
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is poised for liftoff on March 1 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX Starship could be coming to Central Florida
It is the biggest and most ambitious rocket that SpaceX has to offer. The massive Starship rocket is expected to send missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond. It could also be launching from the Space Coast.
Astra's first Space Coast mission fails
Space company Astra is hoping to grab a big share of the growing small satellite launch market.
Space Station to retire in 2031, NASA says
NASA says it plans to extend operations of the International Space Station until 2030 after which it plans to retire the station and crash it into a remote region of the Pacific Ocean commonly known as Point Nemo.
Asteroid passes by Earth
Astronomers tracked a large and "potentially hazardous" asteroid as it made a relatively close pass by the Earth on Tuesday.
NASA, SpaceX to launch spacecraft to observe black holes, neutron stars
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft into orbit early Thursday morning.
Volusia County native training to become astronaut
NASA on Monday announced the 10 new astronauts, half of them military pilots, as it looks ahead to the moon and Mars. Luke Delaney, 42, who grew up in Volusia County, holds degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering and was a distinguished naval aviator.
New astronaut grew up in Central Florida
For the first time in four years, NASA is training a new class of astronauts and one of them grew up in Central Florida . Luke Delaney, 42, from DeBary, is a retired Marine Corps major and most recently served as a research pilot for NASA. Delaney says he was surprised to hear that he was accepted as a candidate and explained that he had to first ask his wife before he made the decision.
NASA's DART mission could help make our planet safer
NASA and several partners are exploring how to prevent an asteroid from slamming into the earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test, known as DART, will travel for nearly a year to reach the asteroid and attempt to knock it off course.
NASA, SpaceX targeting possible Crew-2 return to Earth Monday and Crew-3 launch Wednesday
NASA is now targeting a return to Earth for the SpaceX Crew-2 no earlier than 7:14 a.m. EST Monday, Nov. 8, with a splashdown off the coast of Florida.
NASA provides update on Artemis moon mission
It has been decades since an astronaut has stepped foot on the moon. NASA is preparing for the next steps on getting back to the moon and to Mars.