Space Coast

President Joe Biden has picked former Senator Bill Nelson to lead NASA. If confirmed, Nelson will be the second consecutive politician to hold the post — a view he was adamantly against during the 2017 confirmation of his predecessor Jim Bridenstine.

Nelson, who spent six days in orbit aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986, would succeed Trump-era Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

Under the House and Senate bills, violators would risk a first-degree misdemeanor charge and could face up to one year in jail, one year of probation and a fine of up to $1,000.

After launching from Kennedy Space Center, flight controllers in Houston, Texas took over the operation of Apollo missions — keeping a watchful eye on the…

SpaceX will get another ship to help land rocket boosters off Florida’s Space Coast. SpaceX lands the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket so that it can...

President Trump signed an executive order Friday establishing the National Space Council. Vice President Mike Pence will lead the council, steering the...

SpaceX has another launch under its belt, but not another rocket landing.The leftover first-stage booster hit the floating platform hard Friday, said…