NASA, SpaceX launch Crew-13 mission to International Space Station

The NASA and SpaceX Crew-13 mission launched successfully from Cape Canaveral, Florida, toward the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney are joined by
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SpaceX nails “Lucky 13” astronaut launch, leaning into Tesla tradition and superstition

SpaceX launched NASA’s Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station on Thursday morning, getting four astronauts to orbit despite a forecast of thunderstorms and gusty win

SpaceX's Starship engine failure could impact NASA's moon mission objectives

By Steve Gorman, Akash Sriram and Joey Roulette LOS ANGELES, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The Starship engine failure that nearly foiled the orbital debut of SpaceX's next-generation spacecraft on its 14th uncrewed test flight may complicate NASA's ability to meet its time frame for astronaut missions to the moon.
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SpaceX’s Starship reaches orbit for first time, but mission takes unexpected turn

SpaceX reached a long-awaited milestone Monday when its giant Starship rocket successfully entered orbit around Earth for the first time. The achievement is a major step toward Elon Musk’s goal of sending people to Mars and NASA’s plans to use Starship for future moon missions, Time reported.

Boeing’s Starliner Faces a Critical Test This Year as NASA Runs Out of Options

NASA deemed the spacecraft unfit to carry the astronauts back home and returned its crew on board SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft instead. Starliner later returned uncrewed in September 2024. Since then, Boeing has been working on fixing the spacecraft’s technical issues in hopes to get its troubled program back on track.