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- SpaceX calls off its first launch attempt of its giant rocket; Company says the launch was postponed because of a problem with the first-stage booster.
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SpaceX calls off 1st launch attempt of giant rocket in Texas
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Mon,04/17/23-8:21AM , 824 Reads
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — SpaceX called off the first launch attempt of its giant rocket Monday after a problem cropped up during fueling.
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- Onlookers watch as SpaceX's Starship, the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, stands ready for launch in Boca Chica, Texas, Sunday, April 16, 2023. The test launch is scheduled for Monday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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What to know about 1st test flight of SpaceX's big Starship
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Sat,04/15/23-9:25AM , 759 Reads
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth Starship.

It's the biggest and mightiest rocket ever built at 400 feet (120 meters), with the lofty goals of ferrying people to the moon and Mars.
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- In this image provided by the European Space Agency, an Ariane rocket carrying the robotic explorer Juice takes off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, Friday, April 14, 2023. European spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter and three of its ice-encrusted moons. Dubbed Juice, the robotic explorer set off on an eight-year journey Friday from French Guiana in South America, launching atop an Ariane rocket. (ESA via AP)
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European spacecraft on way to Jupiter and its icy moons
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Fri,04/14/23-7:20AM , 430 Reads
A European spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a decadelong quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons that could hold buried oceans.
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- NASA announces the four astronauts who will fly to the moon by the end of next year, including one woman and three men. (April 3)
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1st moon crew in 50 years includes woman, Black astronaut
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Mon,04/03/23-10:47AM , 789 Reads
NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first woman and the first African American assigned to a lunar mission.
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