Blue Origin has launched Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez into space with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry and Gayle King.

President Donald Trump has prioritized loyalty in building his second-term team.

The nominee for NASA's top job is outlining his vision for space exploration, highlighting Mars.

A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South poles.

Blue Origin has launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight.

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars.

On New Year's Eve, a Falcon 9 brought to a close the most prolific year ever for launches here.

Donald Trump’s second term comes with the specter of the world’s richest man serving as his political enforcer.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a tech billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk to lead NASA.

President-elect Donald Trump is bringing Peter Navarro back to the White House for his second administration.

A billionaire spacewalker is back on Earth.

After a history-making mission, the crew of Polaris Dawn is set to return to Earth early Sunday morning, SpaceX said.

A tech billionaire has performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth.

Paying passengers have lined up to rocket to space to experience a few minutes of weightlessness.

SpaceX successfully launched its historic Polaris Dawn mission Tuesday morning from Kennedy Space Center.

A billionaire has rocketed back into orbit, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk.

SpaceX early Tuesday morning launched the historic Polaris Dawn mission from Kennedy Space Center.

The crew attempting the first commercial spacewalk next week will go further away from Earth than any astronauts since the final Apollo mission, but soaring three-and-a-half times higher than the International Space Station will come with additional risks.

As part of the mission, a four-person crew will go up aboard a Dragon capsule launched by a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center.

The Polaris Dawn mission will spend up to five days in orbit and plan to reach milestones for commercial spaceflight.

The Polaris Dawn mission will spend up to five days in orbit and plan to reach milestones for commercial spaceflight.

SpaceX and Polaris Dawn are scheduled to hold a press conference on Monday afternoon to discuss their mission planned to launch from Kennedy Space Center later this month.

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New research shows space tourists experience some of the same body changes as astronauts who spend months in orbit.

Two space telescopes have captured this week's asteroid strike, the first planetary defense test of its kind.

The youngest American to journey into space, Hayley Arceneaux, has a simple title for her memoir.

The billionaire who flew on his own SpaceX flight last year is headed back up, aiming for an even higher orbit and the chance to take part in a spacewalk.

The billionaire entrepreneur who flew SpaceX's first all-civilian mission to orbit last year has commissioned the company for three more missions, including the first crewed flight of Starship.

Weeks after a head-on crash left Brevard County launch photographer Jenny Hautmann critically injured, the 20-year-old is recovering steadily in the hospital.

NASA and SpaceX have set a launch date for the next Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is a no-go for launching billionaires into space.

The Inspiration4 crew stops by the Port for a photo op.

The Inspiration4 crew was resting and recovering Sunday after returning from their historic three-day space mission.

A trailblazing tourist trip to orbit has ended safely with a splashdown in the Atlantic.

The crew of the historic Inspiration4 mission is expected to return to Earth on Saturday with splashdown planned to take place at 7:06 p.m.

How's the Inspiration4 crew doing in space? Find out.

Tom Cruise is getting a sneak preview of what it's like to circle Earth in a SpaceX capsule.

How's the Inspiration4 crew doing? Pretty good.

At 8:02 p.m. on Wednesday, the Inspiration4 mission made history by launching a team of amateur astronauts into orbit from Central Florida's Space Coast.

Follow live updates from Kennedy Space Center and along the Space Coast.

This is the moment private companies like SpaceX have been working toward for nearly two decades.

The eclectic crew will become the first non-professional astronauts to orbit the planet.

SpaceX will attempt to launch four civilians from KSC after 8:02 p.m. Wednesday.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and a special-edition Crew Dragon spacecraft has been rolled out and is now vertical on Kennedy Space Center’s launchpad ahead of the historic Inspiration4 launch scheduled for Wednesday.

Four non-professional astronauts arrived in Kennedy Space Center Thursday ahead of their SpaceX rocket launch next week, which will mark the first time a human spaceflight from Florida will not have a single NASA astronaut onboard.

He wanted to be part of the crew but as the official mission photographer, he still feels like he's also going to space.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A billionaire’s private SpaceX flight filled its two remaining seats Tuesday with a scientist-teacher and a data engineer whose college friend actually won a spot but gave him the prize. Their SpaceX Dragon capsule — currently parked at the International Space Station for NASA — will launch no earlier than mid-September, aiming for an altitude of 335 miles (540 kilometers). That’s 75 miles (120 kilometers) higher than the International Space Station and on a level with the Hubble Space Telescope. AdThe capsule will be outfitted with a domed window in place of the usual space station docking mechanism for their trip. The St. Jude physician assistant was treated there as a child for bone cancer.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The stakes are high, about 200 miles high, for fundraisers, YouTubers and creative space enthusiasts vying to be on board the first private trip to orbit Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon. The Inspiration 4 contest established by Jared Isaacman, the CEO of Shift4 Payment, will send four private citizens to low-Earth orbit later this year in the spacecraft. Interested space travelers could enter the competition by either donating to St. Jude or using Shift4Shop to share their business stories on social media. Brevard County launch photographer John Kraus, 21, threw his hat in the ring raising nearly $10,000 for St. Jude with his original photography. The four-person crew will launch from Kennedy Space Center’s launchpad 39A.

(Mike Brown/American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After beating bone cancer, Hayley Arceneaux figures rocketing into orbit on SpaceX’s first private flight should be a piece of cosmic cake. When she was 10, she had surgery at St. Jude to replace her knee and get a titanium rod in her left thigh bone. Isaacman announced his space mission Feb. 1, pledging to raise $200 million for St. Jude, half of that his own contribution. As the flight’s self-appointed commander, he offered one of the four SpaceX Dragon capsule seats to St. Jude. One will be a sweepstakes winner; anyone donating to St. Jude this month is eligible.

When she was 10, she had surgery at St. Jude to replace her knee and get a titanium rod in her left thigh bone. Ad“My battle with cancer really prepared me for space travel,” Arceneaux said in an interview with The Associated Press. Isaacman announced his space mission Feb. 1, pledging to raise $200 million for St. Jude, half of that his own contribution. As the flight’s self-appointed commander, he offered one of the four SpaceX Dragon capsule seats to St. Jude. One will be a sweepstakes winner; anyone donating to St. Jude this month is eligible.

Super Bowl ads get a lot of attention every year, but one really sticks out this year, promising a chance for people watching to go to space. The billionaire businessman hopes to raise more than $200 million for St. Jude with this trip to space. One seat goes to someone who donated to St. Jude and the other seat goes to an entrepreneur who uses Shift4Shop, an e-commerce tool for small businesses run by Isaacman’s company, to build their business’s website. AdThe four-person civilian crew will launch from Kennedy Space Center’s launchpad 39A onboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft, spending several days in low-Earth orbit. You’ll be able to watch the ad on News 6 during the Super Bowl.

Isaacman announced Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, that he aims to use the trip to raise more than $200 million for St. Jude. (St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital via AP)NEW YORK – SpaceX’s first all-civilian space flight set for late this year will provide an out-of-this-world fundraising opportunity for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which says it expects to generate $200 million for cancer research and other causes. St. Jude, which specializes in researching and treating pediatric diseases, also stands to increase awareness of its mission. The fourth seat will go to a frontline healthcare worker at St. Jude’s hospital to inspire hope about its mission. Inspiration4 should live up to its name for children at St. Jude’s hospital, Shadyac said.

A 37-year-old businessman has bought four tickets to space with SpaceX and plans to take along three everyday people with him all while raising money for sick children. After the all-civilian spaceflight crew is announced, Isaacman plans to train with them, including some team bonding. “I am going to ensure that I introduce some very uncomfortable and stressful situations here on Earth long before we go up in space,” Isaacman said. Since NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley’s historic spaceflight, the Crew Dragon has now shuttled four other astronauts to the ISS with plans for two more astronaut launches this year for NASA and its international partners. Axios Space recently announced it has purchased a private spaceflight from SpaceX and four international businessmen will fly in Crew Dragon in early 2022.

Isaacman announced Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, that he aims to use the trip to raise more than $200 million for St. Jude. (St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A U.S. billionaire who made a fortune in tech and fighter jets is buying an entire SpaceX flight and plans to take three “everyday” people with him to circle the globe this year. A female health care worker for St. Jude already has been selected for the mission. Anyone donating to St. Jude in February will be entered into a random drawing for seat No. While Isaacman and wife, Monica, managed to keep his space trip hush-hush over the months, their daughters couldn’t.