Space Travel

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the uptick in activity, including launches from private sector companies, will usher in a "whole new era of space activity."

A crew of four civilians will hitch a ride from SpaceX, spending three days in orbit inside their spaceship.

All of the technologies that are being deployed on this mission can be used for future missions in space.

The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage is responsible for giving an in-space boost to the astronauts and sending them on a precise trajectory to the moon.

The Amazon founder became the second billionaire this month to reach the edge of space — following Richard Branson, who rocketed there aboard a vessel made by his company Virgin Galactic.

Oliver Daemon, 18, will join Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, and an 82-year-old aviator on the suborbital mission.

An 82-year-old aviator is getting her chance to go to space on Blue Origin’s first human space tourism flight.

The two space probes will study Venus, a scorching hot world that may have once been like Earth. NASA chose the Venus missions over other candidates, such as trips to the moons of Jupiter and Neptune.

The CEO who is leading the mission is donating three other seats.

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center hosted a day of remembrance Thursday honoring people who died while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery.

The money it will save could be used to return humans to the moon or send more complex space probes into our solar system.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket company shot a capsule higher into space Wednesday than it's ever done before.