Author: Rachael Joy, FLORIDA TODAY

After several date changes, Boeing and NASA are targeting 2:53 p.m. on Friday, July 30 for 2nd uncrewed orbital flight test.

Under a contract with NASA, the plane is slated to launch atop United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket and deliver cargo to the space station in 2022.

Bill Nelson was sworn in Monday morning as the NASA Administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris.

SpaceX targeting pre-dawn landing of Crew Dragon in the Gulf of Mexico. If successful, it will the first nighttime splashdown in over 50 years.

NASA and SpaceX are now targeting a return to Earth at 11:36 a.m. Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.

Former Florida Senator Bill Nelson testified about how he would address commercial partnerships, China and climate change if he’s confirmed as the next NASA Administrator.

Bill Nelson’s confirmation hearing is set for Wednesday morning before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on which he served for many years.

Boeing says it’ll be mission ready in May to go for a second orbital flight test of Starliner but squeezing into the busy space schedule is a challenge.

On Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet.

SpaceX wins contract for spacecraft to land humans on moon for the first time since Apollo.

President Biden to nominate Pam Melroy, one of only two women to command the Space Shuttle, as the next NASA Deputy Administrator.
      

Despite downturn in many sectors of the economy due to COVID-19, the U.S. private space industry is experiencing historic growth.

Engineers discovered a software issue during a pre-flight test of NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity.

Ingenuity’s first flight on Mars will consist of a simple take-off, hover around 15 feet off the ground and land back down.

Florida space officials are pursuing deals with two satellite manufacturing companies that could bring thousands of jobs to Florida.

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building workers are piecing together a rocket for the first time in a decade.

The modern addition to the garden of historic rockets is United Launch Alliance’s powerful Delta II rocket which flew its last mission in 2018.

Bill Nelson, President Biden’s choice to head NASA, has both supporters and critics.
      

SpaceX sends 22nd batch of Starlink satellites to space

Live: Watch SpaceX launch more satellites from Kennedy Space Center