A NASA spacecraft will make its second close brush with the sun.

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls short of any endurance record.

The bridge, which is 4,025 feet over the Indian River, will connect the mainland to Kennedy Space Center, and is expected to enhance transportation for both residents and the ever-growing space industry.

A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon.

On an episode of “The Story Behind the AP Story,” Associated Press space writer Marcia Dunn discusses the space odyssey of NASA’s two stuck astronauts.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after being stuck in space for more than nine months.

NASA's stuck astronauts are heading home now that a replacement crew has arrived at the International Space Station.

It's lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission.

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts.

The replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station.

Florida’s Republican U.S. senators Ashley Moody and Rick Scott have announced the Consolidating Aerospace Programs Efficiently at Canaveral (CAPE Canaveral) Act to relocate NASA’s headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Brevard County.

College students, rocket scientists and math enthusiasts around the world are celebrating Pi Day.

NASA and SpaceX managed to send the launch up on Friday evening.

A launch pad problem has forced a flight delay to replace NASA's two stuck astronauts.

NASA and SpaceX scrubbed the Crew-10 launch from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday evening due to a hydraulic ground issue, officials said.

Crowds are expected along Brevard County beaches as NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch the Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station.

NASA's newest space telescope has blasted off to map the entire sky like never before.

SpaceX is targeting a Wednesday launch for Crew-10 just after sunset. The team consists of two NASA astronauts, a JAXA astronaut and a Roscosmos cosmonaut. The crew completed a full dress rehearsal of launch day activities on Sunday.

The explosion Thursday night of the SpaceX Starship was a reminder that there’s only rocket right now that NASA says is capable of reaching the moon.

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole.

A privately owned lunar lander has touched down near the moon's south pole.

NASA is switching off two science instruments on its twin Voyager spacecraft to save power.

NASA's two stuck astronauts are just a few weeks away from finally returning to Earth after nine months in space.

Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses.

A private lunar lander has touched down on the moon, delivering a drill and other experiments for NASA.

A private company is launching another lunar lander toward the moon.

A launch Wednesday night to the moon has a special guest in attendance who knows a thing or two about going to another world.

Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid.

NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract to launch the Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission, with the goal of launching an asteroid-detecting planetary defense system.

The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission was at Kennedy Space Center for a test that the space agency says is among the last needed ahead of launch, now less than three weeks away.

A top executive in charge of getting NASA astronauts back to the moon is suddenly retiring.

A thousand workers nationwide are being laid off at Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes rush to track its course.

NASA's two stuck astronauts may end up back on Earth a little sooner than planned.

Critics have called the Space Launch System outdated and wasteful for years, but now, with President Trump retaking the White House, Boeing is warning its employees who work on the SLS that they could lose their jobs very soon.

Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy.

This compact, USB-powered air purifier uses UV-C technology to break down odors and germs — no filters or chemicals required.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has given NASA a brief taste of the moon's gravity without straying too far from home.

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the far side.

Axiom Space has had a crew approved for its fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams embarked on a mission to the International Space Station in 2024 with a timeline that has been anything but straightforward.

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is indicating his private spaceflight company could work to bring NASA astronauts back home sooner than expected.

As we reflect on the Challenger mission, 39 years later we want to know, what memories do you have of the shuttle, its crew, and/or that day in particular? Where were you when you first learned about Challenger’s story?

NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Florida’s no stranger to strange and awe-inspiring locales, but it turns out that the Sunshine State also gets points for size.

SpaceX suspects a fire may have caused its Starship to break apart during liftoff and send trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean.

The Palm Bay City Council has unanimously voted to support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' push to move NASA's headquarters to Brevard County.

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

SpaceX has launched a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business up there.

SpaceX is ramping up for a mid-week launch of NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 from Kennedy Space Center, according to a news release.

2024 was the hottest year on record globally.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed relocating NASA’s headquarters from Washington, D.C. to the Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s Space Coast.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a news conference in Merritt Island on Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX launched another Starlink mission launch from Florida’s Space Coast

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

Here's a continuously updated calendar of rocket launches on Florida's Space Coast.

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex guests will be able to immerse themselves in rocket science and space exploration at KSC’s most well-known launch site.

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

Yesterday, the world said goodbye to former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100

NASA has confirmed that a spacecraft has made the closest approach to the sun.

The fastest-moving human-made object ever is about to come seven times closer to the sun than any spacecraft before it.

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SpaceX announced they plan to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast early Monday morning.

Government shutdowns have closed Kennedy Space Center to the Space Coast's unsung heroes of launch operations before.

A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun.

The holiday festivities will soon be underway at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

NASA's two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again.

The launch may have been delayed again, but workers at Kennedy Space Center are still pressing ahead on getting the second Space Launch System rocket ready for its first crew.

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New research suggests that Saturn's rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet.

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NASA has announced more delays in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo.

NASA's two stuck astronauts have hit the six-month mark in space.

NASA has announced more delays in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo.

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

Nearly two months ago, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission launched from our Space Coast, setting off on a six-year journey to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa.

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Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months.

NASA has concerns about what it calls a potentially catastrophic air leak on the International Space Station.

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month won't say which one of them got sick.

SpaceX on Monday launched supplies to the International Space Station from Florida.

Two sister meteor showers are already flashing across night skies — and will peak a week apart.

NASA says an astronaut has been released from the hospital after returning from space.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a space station mission that lasted almost eight months.

After more than 200 days in orbit, the Crew-8 astronauts are finally back home from the International Space Station.

After yet another government oversight investigation revealing how costly and behind-schedule NASA’s multi-billion-dollar moon-bound baby really is, the ongoing question resurfaces: Can the Artemis mega-rocket survive, especially in the face of competition that continues to outshine the U.S. government’s deep space rocket?

The Orionid meteor shower is about to peak.

A California school has planted a tree that’s out of this world.

A NASA spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and reveal whether its hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

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A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa.

A massive NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa.

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the Kennedy Space Center remained closed to off-base personnel as workers continued surveying damage from Hurricane Milton.

Space weather forecasters say a severe solar storm heading to Earth could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes.