China's robotic Chang'e 5 launched successfully last month atop a Chinese Long March 5 rocket. Now it's returned to Earth, loaded with moon rocks - the first since the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 mission in 1976.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-1 spacecraft launched Sunday evening. The rocket returned to Earth for an upright landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft went on to dock with the International Space Station on Monday evening, transporting 4 astronauts.

20 years ago, three astronauts stepped aboard the ISS. It's since hosted residents from many countries, creating humanity’s first history of living in space.

SpaceX Starship's many tasks may include launching humans into space, carrying satellites into orbit and — perhaps — removing troublesome pieces of space debris.

For the first time ever, scientists have identified water on the moon's sunlit surface, using SOFIA, an airborne observatory. Water on the moon also appears more widespread than previously thought.

Axiom is an aerospace company making new possibilities accessible to humanity. Watch as astronauts retell their experience launching from Earth and living in space.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket successfully launched an uncrewed test flight on October 13, with both its capsule and booster later executing a flawless landing.

The James Webb Space Telescope - successor to the Hubble - just passed a series of environmental testing trials, designed to simulate the rigors of its anticipated launch in 2021.

After 2 weeks of scrubs, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off October 6, 2020, carrying 60 more Starlink satellites to orbit. The rocket successfully landed at sea 9 minutes later. Video of the launch and landing here, plus steps taken to reduce the bright satellites' effect on astronomy.

Although few details are known, and no images have been released, the Chinese did apparently launch a reusable spacecraft on September 4, 2020. It appears to have deployed a satellite to orbit and then returned to Earth safely 2 days later.