NASA launch to Space Station signals new era
The first privately run spacecraft certified by NASA to fly people launched into orbit and docked with the International Space Station carrying four astronauts.
International Space Station (ISS)
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Eight nations agree on rules to develop Moon
Seven nations joined the U.S. in signing agreements to reinforce and use international rules for peacefully cooperating on and around the Moon's surface.
Rare splashdown caps SpaceX and NASA flight
The SpaceX Crew Dragon and NASA crew plunged into the Gulf of Mexico, completing the first manned orbit in a commercially built and operated spacecraft.
SpaceX Crew Dragon flies to Space Station
Two NASA astronauts arrived at the International Space Station aboard the Crew Dragon capsule, a day after SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched.
A lab in space has become a platform for science diplomacy
There's mounting evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. But the two nations are brought together through the diplomacy of shared pursuits in space.
U.N. emphasizes global cooperation at first 21st century space summit
U.N. agencies are convening their first outer space conference in almost two decades, the celestial counterpart to the world body's Earth-bound mission of preventing another world war.