Amy Thompson
Amy Thompson is a Florida-based space and science journalist, who joined Space.com as a contributing writer in 2015. She's passionate about all things space and is a huge science and science-fiction geek. Star Wars is her favorite fandom, with that sassy little droid, R2D2 being her favorite. She studied science at the University of Florida, earning a degree in microbiology. Her work has also been published in Newsweek, VICE, Smithsonian, and many more. Now she chases rockets, writing about launches, commercial space, space station science, and everything in between.
Latest articles by Amy Thompson
SpaceX delays Starlink launch amid busy week as weather threatens
By Amy Thompson published
SpaceX has postponed the latest flight of its Starlink satellite fleet this morning (Nov. 12) due to poor weather conditions at the launch site.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endurance arrives at space station with four Crew-3 astronauts
By Amy Thompson published
Tour SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endurance with its Crew-3 astronauts in this NASA video
By Amy Thompson published
The Crew-3 astronauts on SpaceX's new Crew Dragon Endurance have shared a brief glimpse of their life in orbit after launch.
SpaceX launches Crew-3 astronauts to space station for NASA in nighttime liftoff
By Amy Thompson last updated
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon launched four astronauts into space for NASA's Crew-3 mission on Nov. 10.
SpaceX to launch Crew-3 astronauts for NASA today. Here's how to watch it live.
By Amy Thompson last updated
SpaceX will launch a crew of four astronauts Wednesday evening (Nov. 10) on its third operational crewed flight for NASA, and you can watch the action online.
Space station to dodge Chinese space junk before SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut launch
By Amy Thompson published
The International Space Station will dodge a piece of Chinese space junk today (Nov. 10) just hours before SpaceX launches a new crew.
SpaceX Dragon capsule with Crew-2 astronauts splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
By Amy Thompson last updated
SpaceX's Crew-2 astronauts returned to Earth late Monday (Nov. 8), splashing down off the Florida coast in a nighttime landing.
SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon astronauts depart space station for return to Earth
By Amy Thompson published
SpaceX's Crew-2 Dragon astronauts departed the International Space Station for an eight-hour trip back to Earth on Monday (Nov. 8).
How to watch SpaceX's Crew-2 astronauts return to Earth today
By Amy Thompson published
The astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-2 mission are scheduled to leave the International Space Station on Monday afternoon (Nov. 8), and you can watch the action live online.
The astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-2 mission talk toilet trouble in space and more, but when will they land?
By Amy Thompson published
NASA and SpaceX are weighing when to bring the Crew-2 astronauts home, even as their replacements await launch.
SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA delayed again by bad weather (and a possible Dragon landing)
By Amy Thompson published
NASA and SpaceX have further delayed the launch of the Crew-3 mission due to anticipated bad weather over the coming days. Crew-3 will now get off the ground no earlier than Monday (Nov. 8).
SpaceX, NASA delay launch of Crew-3 astronauts to space station due to weather
By Amy Thompson last updated
SpaceX and NASA have delayed the launch of the Crew-3 astronaut mission to Nov. 3.
SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 rocket for Crew-3 Halloween astronaut launch
By Amy Thompson last updated
SpaceX has fired up the rocket that will launch its next crew of astronauts toward the International Space Station this weekend.
Major solar flare won't delay SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut launch on Halloween, NASA says
By Amy Thompson published
NASA officials say that the agency's Halloween astronaut launch will not be affected by a massive solar flare that's scheduled to hit Earth this weekend.
SpaceX is launching science experiments to space with Crew-3 astronauts on Halloween
By Amy Thompson published
Four astronauts are headed to the International Space Station (ISS) this Halloween (Oct. 31), where they'll spend six months conducting more than 200 different research investigations.
SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket for NASA's Crew-3 Halloween launch
By Amy Thompson published
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which will ferry NASA's next group of astronauts to space has rolled to the pad.
Crew-3 astronauts excited to ride SpaceX's Dragon on Halloween
By Amy Thompson published
The next riders of SpaceX's Dragon are excited to strap into the capsule and blast into space.
Crew-3 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of SpaceX's planned Halloween launch
By Amy Thompson published
Four astronauts were all smiles as they arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 26) ahead of SpaceX's third operational astronaut launch for NASA.
Meet the Crew-3 astronauts launching on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship Endurance
By Amy Thompson published
They'll launch to the International Space Station on Halloween (Oct. 31).
NASA targets February launch for Artemis 1 mission on its 1st first moon rocket since Apollo
By Amy Thompson last updated
An uncrewed Orion capsule could ride the first Space Launch System megarocket as early as Feb. 12, 2022. But a lot has to go right.
Inspiration4 astronaut Sian Proctor reflects on historic SpaceX spaceflight experience
By Amy Thompson last updated
Sian Proctor, the pilot for SpaceX's historic Inspiration4 mission, is on cloud 9 after returning from her epic three-day-long spaceflight.
NASA launches robotic archaeologist Lucy on ambitious mission to Trojan asteroids
By Amy Thompson last updated
NASA's newest asteroid probe, named Lucy, successfully launched on 12-year mission to visit 8 asteroids early Saturday (Oct. 16).
NASA's Lucy asteroid mission has good weather for Saturday launch. Here's how to watch live.
By Amy Thompson last updated
NASA's newest planetary science mission, an asteroid-observing probe named Lucy that will fly by a record eight different asteroids, is ready to launch and you can watch the action live online.
The rocket ride for NASA's ambitious Lucy asteroid mission rolls out to launch pad
By Amy Thompson last updated
NASA's newest asteroid probe, named Lucy, rolled out of United Launch Alliance's vertical integration facility and onto the launch pad today (Oct. 14) ahead of its planned Saturday morning launch.
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