KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — As SpaceX launched the four-person crew of the Fram2 mission on Monday night, it was a takeoff for the history books as they will be the first humans to ever orbit Earth ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight around Earth’s polar regions, as the commander shares with Spectrum News what this new adventure means to him.

Live updates from the launch of the Starlink 12-17 mission. Liftoff was at 8:53 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.

Few details were publicly released about the classified SpaceX NROL-69 mission, which lifted off at 1:48 p.m. EDT Monday from Launch Complex 40.

Pettit actively shared his experiences from the ISS via social media with a series of striking images and time-lapse videos.

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SpaceX kicked off the second quarter of 2025 with another human spaceflight, Fram2, becoming the first crewed mission to fly into polar orbit. The mission was crewed by mission commander Chun Wang ...

Four space explorers are getting ready to come home today. The Fram2 mission will end with splashdown around 12:20 p.m. off the coast of California. The crew lifted off from the Kennedy Space ...

BRUSSELS – Europe faced its most widespread flooding last year since 2013, with 30% of the continent’s river network hit by significant floods, scientists said on Tuesday, as fossil fuel-driven ...