Air and Space

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is kicking off an auction for 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.

The month of May brings about several celestial events, including a meteor shower and the first total supermoon eclipse since 2019.

Vice President Kamala Harris announced Saturday that she will accept her role to lead the National Space Council and further the county’s mission in space exploration.

The video, captured by Mike Cohea on April 26 in Jamestown, Rhode Island, shows the supermoon, known as the Pink Moon, shining over the Newport Bridge.

NASA has made history with a successful first flight of its Ingenuity helicopter on Mars.

Calling all stargazers: The first major meteor shower of the year — the Lyrids — will occur in mid-April and is expected to light up the evening sky with a dazzling display.

NASA has released a new photograph from Mars, showing a sea of blue dunes on the Red Planet. 

Once the Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s flight takes place, it will be the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

Some debris from a SpaceX rocket that lit up the Pacific Northwest sky last week has been recovered from private property in central Washington state.

Asteroid Apophis, which was believed to be on a potential collision course for Earth, is no longer going to be an issue for our big blue planet for another 100 years, scientists say.

March’s full Worm Moon will reach peak illumination on Sunday, March 28. But it will actually appear full for about three days.

With the blessing of the Wright family, NASA included a tiny piece of fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer I on an experimental helicopter set to take flight soon on Mars.

As a senator, Bill Nelson always made it clear that space was his passion. Now, it will be his day job.

The largest asteroid to pass by our planet in 2021 will be at its closest on Sunday, providing astronomers a rare chance to see the giant rock that formed at the dawn of our solar system.

Orbital Assembly Corp., a California-based startup that wants to pioneer construction and infrastructure in outer space, has hit its $1 million fundraising goal and aims to open an operational luxury hotel in orbit in 2027.

For the first time in history, astronomers have detected what they've deemed a "space hurricane" in Earth's upper atmosphere.

Sky-watchers have a chance to observe another astronomical event — the conjunction of Jupiter and Mercury.

UK residents were treated to an astronomical show Sunday when a meteor lit up the night sky.

NASA's Kate Rubins and Victor Glover ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year.