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News Articles: SpaceX

Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon under the Artemis program.

SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract For Next Lunar Lander

The company beat out two others in its bid to develop a lunar lander that will bring Americans back to the moon in the coming years.

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  • Matthew S. Schwartz
A photo provided by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital shows Hayley Arceneaux at the hospital in Memphis, Tenn. It announced on Monday that Arceneaux, a former patient and current employee, will be one of four crew members on the first all-civilian space flight this year.

'The Sky's Not Even The Limit': Cancer Survivor To Become Youngest American In Space

Physician assistant and pediatric bone cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux, 29, will be one of four crew members on the world's first all-civilian mission to space at the end of this year.

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  • Rachel Treisman
Astronauts (from left) Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker and Japan's Soichi Noguchi wave to family and friends as they leave for the launch site on Sunday.

4 Astronauts Aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Successfully Dock With Space Station

Three NASA astronauts and one from Japan's space agency reach the ISS after a 27-hour flight following Sunday's liftoff from Kennedy Space Center.

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  • Scott Neuman and
  • Russell Lewis
From left, astronaut Soichi Noguchi of Japan and NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins walk after arriving at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on Saturday.

Astronauts Arrive In Florida To Ready For SpaceX Launch To Space Station

Four astronauts are scheduled to take a SpaceX capsule to the International Space Station on Saturday. NASA hopes to demonstrate the safety and reliability of regular crew transportation to the ISS.

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  • Matthew S. Schwartz
The SpaceX capsule sits aboard a recovery ship in the Gulf of Mexico.

Splashdown! SpaceX And NASA Astronauts Make History

NASA and SpaceX are welcoming home two astronauts who splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico after several months on the International Space Station.

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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
NASA astronauts (from left) Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley and Chris Cassidy are the U.S. members of the Expedition 63 crew aboard the International Space Station. Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to return to Earth on Aug. 2.

Astronauts Set To Return To Earth In First U.S. Splashdown In Decades

The two NASA astronauts who flew on the SpaceX craft to the International Space Station in May are scheduled to return to Earth on Sunday. But there's a hurricane forecast for the splashdown vicinity.

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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Ahead of Saturday's flight the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon spacecraft sits on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Take 2 For SpaceX's 1st Astronaut Launch With More Storms

SpaceX is taking a second shot at launching astronauts, but rain and storm clouds are threatening more delays. Elon Musk's company came within minutes...

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  • Associated Press
The Breakroom this week included (l to r): environmental blogger Ken Edelstein, former NPR correspondent Kathy Lohr, host Celeste Headlee, Soumaya Khalifa of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, and Republican strategist Julianne Thompson.

The Breakroom: Oscars Blunder, Regulating Tanning, President Oprah

The Breakroom gang joins host Celeste Headlee to weigh in on the week's news. The panel includes Soumaya Khalifa of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of...

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