News Archive / Tagged: Lead Stories

• A record ride: Soyuz MS-23 trio return to Earth after a year in orbit

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 27th, 2023

  Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut returned to Earth after a 371-day stay in space -- the third longest mission in human spaceflight history.

• SLS booster segments for Artemis 2 arrive in Florida

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 25th, 2023

  A journey of more than a million miles began by rail as the solid rocket booster segments for NASA’s Artemis 2 mission made their way to Florida’s Space Coast.

• Asteroid Treasure: OSIRIS-REx returns with Bennu samples

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 24th, 2023

  After a seven-year, 3.86-billion-mile odyssey, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully delivered to Earth samples from asteroid Bennu.

• Rocket Lab Electron fails to reach orbit

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 19th, 2023

  The eighth orbital launch attempt of 2023 for Rocket Lab's Electron ended in failure because of an anomaly that occurred moments after stage separation, some 2.5 minutes into flight.

• SpaceX completes engine tests for Lunar Starship

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 19th, 2023

  In a NASA update, the agency detailed two engine tests completed by SpaceX for the Starship human landing system, which is expected to be used for the Artemis 3 and 4 Moon landings later this decade.

• First engine installed on Artemis 2 Moon rocket

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 18th, 2023

  Technicians have installed the first engine on the core stage of the second Space Launch System rocket, which is tasked with sending the first people to the Moon in more than a half century.

• Soyuz MS-24 launches fresh trio to International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 15th, 2023

  Russia has launched its first crewed flight in nearly a year with the flight of Soyuz MS-24 with two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut for a multi-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

• NASA’s Frank Rubio breaks US spaceflight duration record

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 11th, 2023

  During the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2023, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio broke the record for the longest single spaceflight by an American citizen.

• FAA closes SpaceX Starship investigation, orders fixes

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 11th, 2023

  It’s been more than four months since the first integrated flight test of SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy rocket, which resulted in the vehicle breaking apart several minutes into flight.

• SpaceX Crew-6 mission returns to Earth after 186 days in orbit

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 4th, 2023

  Three astronauts and one cosmonaut returned to Earth in a SpaceX Dragon capsule after spending roughly six months aboard the International Space Station.

• Crew-7 mission launches to the International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonAugust 26th, 2023

  SpaceX launched the multinational Crew-7 Dragon mission carrying three astronauts and one cosmonaut bound for a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

• India lands robotic Chandrayaan-3 near Moon’s south pole

  Derek RichardsonAugust 23rd, 2023

  India successfully soft-landed a robotic spacecraft on the Moon, becoming the fourth country to do so, and the first to touchdown at the south pole region.

• Russia’s Luna 25 enters orbit around the Moon

  Anastasia StepanovaAugust 17th, 2023

  Less than a week after its launch, Russia’s Luna 25 spacecraft has entered orbit around the Moon with the goal of landing as early as next week.

• Final Antares 230+ rocket launches NG-19 Cygnus spacecraft

  Steve HammerAugust 2nd, 2023

  In near-perfect weather, the final Antares 230+ rocket took to the skies to send the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station.

• Northrop Grumman prepares the final Antares 230+ rocket

  Steve HammerJuly 31st, 2023

  Northrop Grumman is set to launch a Cygnus cargo spacecraft atop what will be the final flight of the Antares 230+ rocket.