Air and Space

NASA has awarded grants to several companies to develop ways the space agency will store and transfer cryogenic propellants, or rocket fuel, in space. One of those companies is Eta Space, of Merritt Island.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is auctioning a seat on the company’s first crew spaceflight — a short Shepard-like hop launched by a rocket named New Shepard. The Texas liftoff is targeted for July 20, the date of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

China's space agency said a core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere above the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and that most of it burned up early Sunday.

The almost 100-foot core of China's Long March 5B rocket is likely to make an uncontrolled reentry at an unknown point in the coming days. The spacecraft launched Thursday into low Earth orbit from Hainan's Wenchang Center, ferrying the Tianhe module for the country's first permanent space station.

Dream Chaser is a reusable spaceplane being developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Systems. The company is working with NASA to have the vehicle ready by 2022.

SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience is lifted out of the water during recovery operations, about 30 minutes after splashdown.

The SpaceX Dragon Crew Capsule Resilience successfully splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Panama City at approximately 2:57 a.m. EDT.

Under favorable skies, SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink communication satellites into orbit late Wednesday evening.

There are currently 11 astronauts at the International Space Station. NASA and SpaceX are targeting 12:40 p.m. Wednesday for the splashdown and conclusion of the Crew-1 mission.

There are 11 astronauts at the International Space Station. Four will return to Earth o Wednesday, when the SpaceX Crew-1 will splashdown round after noon.