Health Here's How The Pandemic Is Changing America's Plans For Its Newest Spaceship Later this week, NASA and SpaceX will launch the first rocket carrying astronauts from U.S. soil since the end of the space shuttle era. But COVID-19 has forced some changes to their plans. Geoff Brumfiel
Science Coronavirus Fears Have NASA Urging Space Fans To Stay Away From Historic Launch The space agency is urging people not to travel to go see astronauts embark on their historic launch from Florida, the first time they will do so in nearly a decade. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Technology Space Traffic Is Surging, And Critics Worry There Could Be A Crash As private companies race into orbit, some experts in satellite operations say there isn't enough public infrastructure to keep all the satellites safe. Geoff Brumfiel
National Boeing's Starliner Lands Safely Back To Earth After Aborted Space Station Mission The journey is being hailed as a major achievement despite failing to complete a core objective: docking at the international space station. NASA hopes to launch U.S. astronauts in space in 2020. Bobby Allyn
Technology In Uncrewed Test, Boeing's Starliner Capsule Fails To Reach Space Station After a flawless launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., the crew capsule, loaded with 600 pounds of cargo for the station, was unable to reach its intended orbit, Boeing says. Brendan Byrne
Business Amazon expands satellite labs in Redmond Amazon wants to surround the planet with satellites. And they're going to do from new labs in Redmond. Carolyn Adolph
As SpaceX Launches Dozens Of Satellites At A Time, Some Fear An Orbital Traffic Jam SpaceX and a rival company are rushing ahead with plans for constellations of thousands of satellites, but regulators might not be ready. Geoff Brumfiel Scott Neuman
Science Elon Musk Unveils SpaceX's New Starship, Designed To Fly To The Moon, Mars And Beyond Calling it "the most inspiring thing" he's ever seen, SpaceX's CEO talked up his company's big innovation and plans to fast-track production of the spacecraft. He hopes to fly passengers by next year. Carmel Wroth
National Watch: SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down In Atlantic Ocean The craft's splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean hit its expected landing time of 8:45 a.m. ET Friday, after re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Bill Chappell
Science SpaceX Readies For Key Test Of Capsule Built To Carry Astronauts Into Space For years, NASA has had to rely on Russian vehicles to get astronauts to the International Space Station. That could soon change if the flight test of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule succeeds. Nell Greenfieldboyce
