Brendan Byrne

Private rocket company SpaceX launches a GPS III satellite from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX leases two launch pads on Florida's space coast.

As competition grows, Space Florida has a plan to bolster state's private aerospace industry

Brendan Byrne

Leaders in Florida’s space industry are asking the legislature to build on the state’s aerospace industry as competition across the country grows.

Hugh W. Harris, chief, Public Information Office, Kennedy Space Center, on November 12, 1981.

'The Voice of NASA' Hugh Harris dies at 90

Brendan Byrne

Hugh Harris, known as "The Voice of NASA" during his time as a public affairs officer with the agency, has died. He was 90 years old.

NASA is set to launch another rocket to the moon

Brendan Byrne

NASA is set to launch a rocket that will carry its first human-rated capsule into lunar orbit since the Apollo era. NASA hopes the scheduled launch will be a springboard for a return to the moon.

NASA has set a launch date for Artemis, its new rocket for flying humans to the moon

Brendan Byrne

NASA has set a launch date for its new Artemis rocket. The space agency has pinned its hopes on the delayed and over-budget program to get humans back to the moon and eventually Mars.

Parachutes for spacecraft are challenging to design and worrisome to engineers

Brendan Byrne

Boeing's Starliner capsule is to return to Earth after a stay at the Space Station as part of a test mission before it flies astronauts. The parachutes are among the systems engineers are monitoring.

Boeing will try again to launch Starliner after its previous attempt was scrubbed

Brendan Byrne

Boeing hopes to launch its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. If this test is successful, Boeing hopes to begin sending humans to the space station this fall.

Jessica Watkins to be the 1st Black woman to serve at the International Space Station

Brendan Byrne

On Wednesday, SpaceX launches the next NASA astronauts to the International Space Station — including Jessica Watkins, who is to become the first Black woman on a long-duration mission.

4 astronauts will help scientists learn how space travel affects the human body

Brendan Byrne

A private space crew is heading to the International Space Station, but it's not just a tourist trip. The crew will advance the understanding of how space affects human health.

The NASA Artemis 1 rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard moves slowly on an 11 hour journey to a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Thursday, March 17, 2022.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket reaches the launch pad

Brendan Byrne

NASA's Artemis 1 rocket, the Space Launch System, reached the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B on Friday. The successor to the Apollo program could one day send humans back to the moon.

The rocket part hurtling toward the moon is far from the only junk littering the sky

Brendan Byrne

A mysterious rocket booster is about to crash into the moon, highlighting the ever-growing issue of space debris.

This new perspective of Jupiter from the south makes the Great Red Spot appear as though it is in northern territory. This view is unique to Juno.

In Jupiter's swirling Great Red Spot, NASA spacecraft finds hidden depths

Brendan Byrne

NASA's Juno spacecraft sweeps over Jupiter's Great Red Spot and makes a 3D map of the giant storm. The findings could shed light on gas giant exoplanets in distant solar systems.

Before each mission with NASA astronauts, the Shelton family sends a bouquet of roses to the Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Astronaut launches are returning to the U.S. For each, this family sends NASA roses

Brendan Byrne

For every U.S. mission with NASA astronauts, a family from Texas has sent a bouquet of roses to NASA's Mission Control Center to show support to those who keep the astronauts safe.