The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained astronaut on board. Latest U.S.

Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the U.S. East Coast and has turned into a frightening storm, according to an astronaut on the International Space Station.

In a statement linked on X, the social media site that is also owned by Musk, SpaceX said the crew would carry out "22 research studies designed to help advance humanity's capabilities for long ...

A drifting north pole may impact space weather. ... Around 1900, the pole was over Canada, but it has since shifted 2,000 km toward Siberia at a rate of 50–60 km per year.

This happens because Polaris' location happens to be closely aligned with Earth's north rotational axis, which is known as the celestial pole when projected outwards into space. However, Polaris ...

SpaceX has sent its first human-crewed mission, Fram2, to pass over both the North and South poles in a three-to-five-day orbit, featuring scientific experiments including the growth of mushrooms ...