Satellite News

On May 2, 2005, the Skylark sounding rocket launched on its 441st and final flight. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

SpaceX’s first operational astronaut mission for NASA, Crew-1, returned to Earth early Sunday (May 2). Watch the post-splashdown news conference at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT).

SpaceX’s first operational astronaut mission for NASA, Crew-1, returned to Earth early Sunday (May 2). Watch the post-splashdown news conference at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT).

SpaceX’s first operational astronaut mission for NASA, Crew-1, returned to Earth early Sunday (May 2). Watch the post-splashdown news conference at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT).

SpaceX’s first operational astronaut mission for NASA, Crew-1, returned to Earth early Sunday (May 2). Watch the post-splashdown news conference at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT).

A SpaceX Dragon capsule returned four astronauts to Earth early Sunday (May 2) in the first nighttime splashdown of a NASA crew since Apollo 8 in 1968.

SpaceX’s first long-duration astronaut mission is coming to an end, with a Dragon capsule undocking from the International Space Station and headed for a splashdown Sunday.

The four astronauts of SpaceX’s first operational crewed flight for NASA are ready to come home and you can watch their return to Earth live this weekend.