In addition to Cargo Dragon, the US uses the Cygnus spacecraft from Northrop Grumman Corporation to dispatche cargoes to the ISS, but they burn in the atmosphere when returning to Earth.

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Today, in a surprising move at a Senate hearing, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine proposed that Orion, NASA's upcoming crew vehicle, may fly aboard a commercial rocket. This was the first time that ...

Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight in March. Blue Origin is also set to send Katy Perry into space aboard its ...

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship nears the International Space Station in March 2024 ahead of docking. The next SpaceX Dragon cargo launch for NASA lifts off on April 21. | Credit: NASA NASA's next ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an uncrewed Dragon cargo ship packed with tons of supplies on Monday, April 21, from the historic Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral ...

Lightning flashed in the distance as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, carrying a Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts on a journey no other space traveler has ...

A SpaceX Dragon crew vents and begins to exit the spacecraft for a spacewalk in this animation. Credit: SpaceX Senator meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return ...

"All four @framonauts [Fram2 astronauts] have safely exited Dragon unassisted," SpaceX posted on X. Their capsule was outfitted with a domed window that provided stunning 360-degree views of the ...

A wealthy bitcoin entrepreneur and three fellow adventurers plunged back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Friday, ...