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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the European Space Agency Euclid space telescope, lifts off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, July 1, 2023. The Euclid mission is designed to explore the evolution of the dark universe. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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European telescope launched to hunt for clues to universe's darkest secrets
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Sat,07/01/23-10:13AM , 120 Reads
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A European space telescope blasted off Saturday on a quest to explore the mysterious and invisible realm known as the dark universe.
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Workers on scaffolding repaint the NASA logo near the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 20, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

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NASA talks UFOs with public ahead of final report on unidentified flying objects
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Wed,05/31/23-10:35AM , 81 Reads
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA held its first public meeting on UFOs on Wednesday a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings and insisted it's not hiding anything.
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Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight Sunday. ( May 21)

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SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including nation’s 1st woman in space, to International Space Station
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Sun,05/21/23-8:16AM , 183 Reads
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight Sunday.
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This image provided by Blue Origin shows the Blue Moon lander. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin received a $3.4 billion contract Friday, May 19, 2023, to develop a lunar lander named Blue Moon. It will be used to transport astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2029. (Blue Origin via AP)

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NASA picks Bezos' Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Fri,05/19/23-12:46PM , 215 Reads
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos' rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after it lost out to SpaceX.
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