Private spaceflight

The pop star is leaning into STEM ahead of her spaceflight.

Blue Origin will stream the launch of its next suborbital tourism mission, which features a star-studded, all-female crew, on April 14.

For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will fly with only women aboard. Blue Origin’s all-female crew includes pop star Katy Perry.

The crew of Blue Origin's NS-31 mission, which is scheduled to launch on April 14, includes a former NASA rocket scientist, television personalities, authors — and Katy Perry.

SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts take the first X-ray images of the human body in space, with a tip-of-the-hat to the first X-ray image ever taken.

Blue Origin is receiving some backlash ahead of its upcoming all-female spaceflight, with actress Olivia Munn criticizing the venture as "gluttonous."

SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission returned to Earth in the Pacific Ocean on Friday (April 4), marking a first for the spaceflight company.

SpaceX's Fram2, the first crewed mission ever fly a polar orbit, splashed down today (April 4), returning four private astronauts to Earth.

SpaceX's Fram2, the first crewed mission ever to orbit Earth over its poles, will splash down today (April 4), and you can watch the action live.

SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts are sharing incredible views from the first human spaceflight to orbit Earth's poles, as their mission nears a conclusion.