Space industry

Boeing Starliner returning empty, NASA to use SpaceX to get astronauts

Boeing Starliner returning empty, NASA to use SpaceX to get astronauts

Lawrence Booth

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station orbiting above Egypt’s Mediterranean coast on June 13, 2024. ...

Polaris Dawn mission launch date, details

Polaris Dawn mission launch date, details

Mickey Vernon

Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman during spacesuit testing. John Kraus / Polaris Program SpaceX is preparing to launch its next ...

Balloons to hoist tourists 100,000 feet into the stratosphere

Balloons to hoist tourists 100,000 feet into the stratosphere

John Ray

Commercial space flight is becoming more and more common, with companies including SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic all transporting ...

Europe wants to deploy data centers into space, study says

Europe wants to deploy data centers into space, study says

John Ray

A data center. Erik Isakson | DigitalVision | Getty Images The rise of artificial intelligence is skyrocketing demand for data ...

Boeing’s years-long struggle to launch astronauts on Starliner

Boeing’s years-long struggle to launch astronauts on Starliner

John Ray

Boeing‘s Starliner is a human-grade space capsule designed to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Boeing began ...