space

The former “Star Trek” co-stars have been feuding for decades.

A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has landed after a 3 1/2-hour trip from the International Space Station

2021 has been a whirlwind for private space tourism, with this week especially crucial for the ventures founded by Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson.

Virgin Galactic stock plunged in trading Friday after the company said it would delay any spaceflights to next year.

Virgin Galactic is delaying the beginning of its commercial space tourism service to fourth quarter 2022.

Elon Musk touted SpaceX’s plan to use Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi, saying in a tweet the service could add “low latency ~half gigabit connectivity in the air!”

Private investment in space companies set a new annual record of $10.3 billion raised, according to a report this week by firm Space Capital.

Even at 90 years old, you can get a new outlook on life – and a thrilled William Shatner told reporters that seeing the curvature of the Earth and the darkness of space changed him. We show you the Blue Origin launch and hear from NBC News Science Reporter Denise Chow about what it means for Jeff Bezos’ spacefaring company.

William Shatner, after returning to Earth, recounted his experience in an emotional talk with Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.

Costa Rican American astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz saw the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the pollution of the world’s oceans happen over 20 years in trips to space. These days, after making history as the first Latino astronaut to go into space, Chang-Díaz is working on plasma propulsion, a project which could be ready in a few years and drastically...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket for the fifth time this year, carrying a crew that includes William Shatner.

Jared Isaacman, commander of the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission, talked to CNBC in-depth about the three-day spaceflight experience.

Earth imaging and data specialist Planet Labs on Tuesday unveiled Pelican, its new line of imagery satellites.

The valuation of Elon Musk’s SpaceX crossed $100 billion following the company’s latest financing round, CNBC has learned, which was announced this week.

Elon Musk’s growing dissatisfaction with California has been apparent for some time.

NASA says it will crash a spacecraft into the moonlet of the Didymos asteroid to change its trajectory, a test of methods to protect the Earth from hazardous asteroids.

NASA moved a pair of astronauts off of Boeing’s first two crewed missions, in a rare reassignment as the Starliner capsule remains delayed in development.

The mission will be developed with the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and is set to be a 3.6-billion-kilometer journey.

In a historic first, Russia is set to launch an actor and a film director to space to make a feature film in orbit

William Shatner is scheduled to launch on the next crewed spaceflight of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin.