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From left, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur, Shane Kimbrough, and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide answer questions after their arrival at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Friday, April 16, 2021, ahead of the SpaceX Crew 2 launch to the International Space Station, scheduled for Thursday, April 22. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Elon Musk says reusability will ‘revolutionize space’ after recycled rocket launches astronauts from Florida

April 23, 2021 at 1:55 p.m.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — An hour before sunrise Friday, four astronauts launched from Florida for SpaceX's third crewed mission to the International Space Station. The rocket's trail glowed in the...

Nelson nominated as NASA chief, ending talk of 1st woman getting the job

March 19, 2021 at 5:04 p.m.

Former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was officially chosen as the next NASA administrator on Friday, ending speculation that the Biden administration would pick a woman to lead the agency that...

A photo provided by NASA, shows members of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover team watch in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, as the first images arrive moments after the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars.

NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars, after a 300 million mile journey that started in Florida

February 18, 2021 at 6:27 p.m.

Seven months and 300 million miles from the spot at Cape Canaveral where it launched, NASA's Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars on Thursday to begin its search for signs...

A mockup of the SpaceX crew capsule is seen on display in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Not a test anymore: SpaceX, NASA launch 4 astronauts from Cape in historic mission

November 15, 2020 at 10:11 p.m.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ? A Falcon 9 rocket carrying four astronauts cut through the night sky on Sunday, ushering in the historic return to a greater American role in space...

In this frame grab from NASA TV, the SpaceX capsule is lifted onto a ship, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 in the Gulf of Mexico. Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken spent a little over two months on the International Space Station. It will mark the first splashdown in 45 years for NASA astronauts and the first time a private company has ferried people from orbit. (NASA TV via AP)

NASA, SpaceX make history with astronaut splashdown: ‘Welcome back to planet Earth’

August 2, 2020 at 8:16 p.m.

America's quest to once again fly humans to space and bring them back was realized Sunday with a cannonball splash into the Gulf of Mexico. It's taken six years to...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The mission will send a Mars rover to the Red Planet to search for signs of life, explore the planet's geology and much more. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA launches Perseverance rover, and in 300 million miles, it’ll land on Mars to scout out signs of life

July 30, 2020 at 1:59 p.m.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — America's Mars Perseverance rover launched Thursday from Cape Canaveral, the start of an 11-year quest to discover if the Red Planet ever harbored life. Liftoff came...

New company plans to launch passengers from Kennedy Space Center not on rockets but dangling from a balloon

November 22, 2021 at 10:42 a.m.

A pair of self-described serial entrepreneurs, best-known for flying a KFC chicken sandwich into space and living two years sealed inside a biosphere, are attempting to start a new human...

SpaceX Demo-2 astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are driven to the launch complex at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Afternoon thunderstorms are a concern for the scheduled launch time at 4:33pm of the Space X Falcon 9 carrying the two astronauts in the Crew Dragon capsule. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

NASA and SpaceX delay their historic astronaut launch to Saturday afternoon due to bad weather

May 27, 2020 at 5:09 p.m.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Incessant rain and even a tornado warning earlier in the day were eventually too much for the teams at SpaceX and NASA, which postponed the return...

Airbnb changes its cancellation policy as more coronavirus cases reported in the U.S.

March 16, 2020 at 12:01 p.m.

Airbnb announced that, in light of the coronavirus outbreak, it will be temporarily changing its U.S. cancellation policy to allow travelers to cancel some reservations. According to a notice posted...

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