School bus-sized satellite fell to Earth somewhere over North Pacific Ocean
The European Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite captured data on Earth's land, oceans and polar caps, including monitoring natural disasters.
Astronomers discover what could be universe's brightest object with black hole gobbling a sun a day
Researchers determined that this rapidly growing object can shine 500 trillion times brighter than the sun.
SpaceX, Axiom Space launch first crewed mission of 2024
Axiom Space and SpaceX successfully launched an all-European crew to the International Space Station. The instantaneous launch occurred at 4:49 p.m. on Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA unveils super quiet X-59 supersonic jet
NASA has unveiled the X-59 aircraft designed and built by Lockheed Martin to produce quiet supersonic air travel and eventually make supersonic flights available commercially.
NASA to reveal super quiet X-59 supersonic jet
Unlike normal supersonic flights, the X-59 aircraft only creates a sound as loud as a car door closing. NASA describes it as a “gentle sonic thump."
Astrobotic moon lander experiences issues after launch
The Vulcan rocket successfully launched from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning, but hours later, it was revealed that one of the payloads aboard that rocket -- Astrobotic's lunar lander -- was experiences propulsion issues. Here's the latest on that investigation.
Star Trek fans gearing up for ULA rocket launch
A ULA Vulcan rocket launch will carry the ashes of Star Trek stars into space
Astronomers reveal what Uranus and Neptune really look like
For years, Neptune was shown to be “too blue" but researchers with the University of Oxford used modeling to show Uranus and Neptune are closer in color.
Central Florida family sending loved ones ashes to final resting place in space
It’s not just science heading to space. Families are also sending their loved ones ashes to a final resting place among the stars.
Ashes of loved ones launch to space
A local Central Florida's woman ashes are being launched to space on a ULA rocket early Monday morning. Her ashes are joining seven of the original StarTrek members' ashes also.
LIST: Here are the rocket launches happening from Florida through spring 2024
This year will be a great time to have your eyes on the skies! Florida's Space Coast has a busy 2023 ahead with rocket launches planned from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
NASA plans for 2024 include supersonic X-plane
NASA is hoping to launch the supersonic X-plane in 2024. The X-59, designed and put together by Lockheed Martin, has a long, pointed nose and is built so that the sonic boom sound is reduced to a "gentle thump" or possibly no sound at all,
Watch out for these astronomical events in 2024
The year will feature 12 full Moons, plenty of meteor showers, five eclipses and four Supermoons.
Space tourism: Vacations out of this world
Your future vacation could literally be out of this world. Commercial companies want space to be for everyone, and the Space Coast is on the cutting edge of the space tourism industry.
Voyager 1 having trouble phoning home as decades-old craft travels through interstellar space
Resolving the issue comes with certain complicating factors, such as the age of Voyager and the time commands sent from Earth take to reach the spacecraft.
'Space plane' to launch on Falcon Heavy rocket
The upcoming X-37B Mission 7 "space plane" will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time this upcoming Sunday.
What JFK meant to the space program
On the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, Ken Kremer, research scientist and founder/managing editor of Space UpClose, joins Good Day Orlando to discuss the former president's impact on the space program, space exploration and the Kennedy Space Center.
Webb telescope finds surprises within heart of Milky Way galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope helped astronomers discovered a massive star about 30 times the mass of our Sun within the Milky Way's star-forming region Sagittarius C.
NASA: Record-breaking black hole discovered by Webb and Chandra telescopes
The discovery using NASA's Webb telescope is exciting for black hole research because there is still much unknown about these enigmas of the universe. Astronomers believe black holes formed within the first billion years after the Big Bang.
Saturn's rings are disappearing, will be invisible from Earth in 2025
Saturn's many rings are disappearing, and in 2025, the rings won't be visible from Earth, at least temporarily.