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Each member of the four-person crew has a unique call sign, a type of nickname that astronauts and military pilots are given during their training.

Strap in and get ready to launch yourself into the best PSVR space games around. You’re sure to have a blast!

Brazilian observer José Luis Pereira captured a bright flash on the solar system's largest planet Monday night (Sept. 13), memorializing the fiery death of a space rock high in the Jovian atmosphere.

SpaceX will launch its first all-civilian crew on a three-day journey around the Earth and you can watch the action live online.

The Inspiration4 mission will launch an all-civilian crew of culturally and socially blended people on a mission funded by a billionaire. None of them will be tourists.

Hayley Arceneaux is about to be the first person with a prosthetic body part to enter space. She'll be the youngest American to orbit Earth. And she may be the first to shop on Etsy for space gear.

Organized and funded by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, the Inspiration4 mission touts itself as "the first all-civilian mission to orbit" and represents a new type of space tourism.

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei will stay in space until March, giving him a record-setting spaceflight.

The solar system's outermost planet, Neptune, reaches opposition today, and here's how you can catch a glimpse of the distant gas giant.

Are you counting down to SpaceX's Inspiration4 launch? Join celebrity guests and the mission's four soon-to-be astronauts for a livestream, hosted by Netflix.

Satellites captured strengthening Tropical Storm Nicholas as it neared the coast of Texas before pouring down over ten inches of rain in only a few hours.

SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission is ready to launch to Earth orbit on Wednesday (Sept. 15), and you can watch the historic liftoff live.

Settlements on the moon and Mars could grow thanks to the blood, sweat and tears of pioneering astronauts — literally.

China's Shenzhou 12 astronauts have sent back stunning images taken out of small windows of the Tianhe space station module in low Earth orbit.

The four Inspiration4 astronauts launching SpaceX's first-ever all-civilian spaceflight this week will have arguably the best bathroom view in human history.

Virgin Galactic has pushed its next mission back a bit to investigate a possible manufacturing defect that might affect its VSS Unity space plane.

We now know which companies hitch a ride to the moon with Spaceflight Inc. as part of a robotic lunar landing mission by Intuitive Machines in 2022.

The AT-ST Raider offers a colorful twist on a classic with a strong minifig selection.

This week, a crew of four spaceflyers will launch as part of the first all-civilian mission to orbit Earth. But this isn't the only major "first" for Inspiration4.

Chris Sembroski's lifelong passion for space exploration will pay off with a trip to orbit aboard the Inspiration4 mission.

In less than a year, Hayley Arceneaux's life changed and she's gone from being a physician assistant to a 'future spaceflyer.'