Plane crash kills 'family man,' wife of one of the survivors speaks out

Officials with the Gila County Sheriffs's Office say a person is dead, and two people were taken to Valley hospitals following a small plane crash that happened Friday afternoon.

Mission accomplished: Women complete Mars simulation mission

At midday on January 4 of this year, six women set off on a journey -- a Mars simulation mission -- at the renowned Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation Habitat.

First space-baked cookies took 2 hours in experimental oven aboard ISS

Chocolate chip cookies became the first food baked in space from raw ingredients -- and they took two hours to bake, NASA says.

SpaceX completes successful abort test launch of Dragon crew capsule

The launch is an important one for SpaceX and NASA as the commercial crew program continues into the phase that many officials describe as “the final dress rehearsal.”

With a bang, SpaceX tests capsule's ability to save crew during launch

SpaceX blew up one of its own rockets Sunday morning as part of a key test to show that its new Dragon capsule is safe for astronauts, bringing the company one step closer to its first crewed flight.

U.S. Space Force showing off new uniforms

The U.S. Space Force has shared an image of the branch's new uniforms and patches.

Teachers who had jet fuel dumped on them, their students file lawsuit against Delta Air Lines

Teachers who were supervising children on a school playground when jet fuel from a Delta Air Lines flight was dumped on top of them filed a lawsuit Friday against the airline.

At least 60 people treated after plane dumps jet fuel near several schools in LA area

Jet fuel dumped from a Delta airliner preparing to make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport fell over a wide swath of the area, sending hazardous-materials teams to multiple schools, but only minor injuries were reported and nobody was hospitalized, authorities said.

Mystery drone sightings in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming prompt theories

Dan Carlson says drones have flown after dark near his Nebraska farm four times this year. He suspects military involvement. U.S. Air Force officials overseeing dozens of nuclear missiles scattered across the region deny any role in the drone sightings.

New York teen discovers a planet 1,300 light-years away

Sifting through a mound of data from a telescope orbiting Earth, a teenaged intern at NASA discovered a planet some 1,300 light-years away.

First launch of busy 2020 is also first launch for Space Force

Last night’s SpaceX satellite launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was the first mission conducted with the support of the nation’s newest military service, less than a month after President Trump signed the bill authorizing its creation.

NASA's alien planet hunter discovers its first Earth-sized planet in 'habitable-zone'

Since its launch in April 2018, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found a great number of exoplanets, including a so-called "missing link."

SpaceX Falcon 9 sends 60 communication satellites into space

The rocket will carry 60 Starlink satellite into orbit, aimed at providing internet service to those who are not yet connected.

Massive red star Betelgeuse is unusually dim, astronomers say it might be about to explode

A massive red star called Betelgeuse that is most well-known as the bright upper shoulder in the constellation Orion has been acting strangely recently, and astronomers say there's potential for the star to explode as a supernova at any moment.