Author: Rachael Joy, FLORIDA TODAY

NASA sent its newest Martian rover out for a short test drive

The American Commercial Space Act extends tax incentives to payload and launch operators for 10 years if they launch from U.S. soil.

Cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued from New England and flown to Kennedy Space Center to be released off the coast of Cape Canaveral just in time for sea turtle nesting season.

Get out your decoder ring because NASA has revealed the Mars rover Perseverance, which landed on the Red Planet last week, is packed with codes and hidden messages.

Bill Nelson, who was raised in Brevard County and who represented the Space Coast in Congress, is said to be
      

For the first time ever, NASA has captured high speed video of a rover landing on Mars.

After a seven-month, 300 million mile journey, Perseverance has landed. And has the first high-definition color pictures of Mars to prove it.

Several factors enabled Boeing to set the Starliner launch sooner and it mainly comes down to scheduling.

As the 35th anniversary of the Challenger tragedy approaches, a NASA engineer recalls that day

Often considered the bravest among us, Apollo astronauts are taking to social media to encourage others to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

A little over a year after software issues hindered Starliner’s orbital flight test, Boeing says the flight software is updated and ready for a second attempt in March.

SpaceX Cargo Dragon is first cargo resupply to splashdown off coast of Florida

Due to weather in the Atlantic, the SpaceX Cargo Dragon is now expected to splashdown off the coast of Tampa in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday night.
       

An upgraded SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule is slated to return to Earth via ocean splashdown Monday night after it delivered scientific cargo to the space station last month.

With more stuff going to space, there’s also more trash in space — nearly 6,000 tons — and it’s becoming a major problem.

Surfing Santas Founder George Trosset thinks it’s time for Santa to head to the International Space Station to spread joy across the universe.
       

The Canadian Space Agency will provide two astronauts for NASA’s Artemis moon missions as well as robotic arm for the lunar outpost called Gateway.

The trio will consist of NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and astronaut Matthias Maurer, of the European Space Agency.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is entering the home stretch of final assembly and checkouts before its orbital flight test now slated to launch March 29, 2021.
       

Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday named the 18 men and women chosen to be astronauts as part of the Artemis moon program