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University of Central Florida scientists are charging on with an experimental battery capable of reinventing how automobiles and space shuttles are made.

Axiom Space flew its first private astronauts for a short stay on the International Space Station this month with the AX-1 mission, but it wasn’t their first attempt to get a customer to the station.

Those waiting to hear what the FAA has to say about SpaceX’s plans to launch its new massive Starship and Super Heavy rocket on an orbital test flight will have to wait some more.

U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are on board to bring the Space Force’s training headquarters to the Space Coast. So is a bipartisan group that includes U.S. Reps. Bill Posey, Charlie Crist, Stephanie Murphy, Darren Soto, Matt Gaetz and Debbie Wasserman Schultz among others.

NASA’s massive Artemis I moon rocket made the slow overnight trek from the launch pad back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.

The International Space Station turned into a bit of an extended stay hotel for the four Axiom Space private astronauts who finally were able to climb back on board a SpaceX Dragon for a planned trip back to Earth.

Getting humans up and down from space may get the headlines, but SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 has work to do today from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The first chapter of a new era of commercial spaceflight is set to conclude a little later than planned as the four men flying Axiom Space’s mission to the International Space Station look to return to Earth splashing down off the Florida coast this week.

A couple of space rookies are joining a couple of veterans on a trip to the International Space Station this week, but one of them will open a new door of diversity as the first Black woman assigned for long-term duty on board.

NASA tried three times to get through its launch pad dress rehearsal for the Artemis I moon rocket at Kennedy Space Center, but it’s not hanging around for the fourth.