CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 on a secret mission. Launched by SpaceX, the X-37B vehicle carried no people, just military experiments.

HOUSTON — Dr. Bernard Harris, the first African American to walk in space, is set to be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 31 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Dr. Bernard Harris will be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame. The Temple, TX, native graduated from the University of Houston in 1978 with a bachelor of science degree in biology. He then attended medical school at Texas Tech University and completed his residency at the Mayo Clinic in 1985,

Intuitive Machines’ lander, named Athena, caught a lift with SpaceX from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. It’s taking a fast track to the moon — with a landing on March 6 — while hoping to avoid the fate of its predecessor, which tipped over at touchdown.

LAST MONTH AT FOUR, WE TOLD YOU GOVERNOR DESANTIS WANTS TO BRING NASA’S HEADQUARTERS TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BECAUSE HE SAYS IT MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE. THEY HAVE THIS MASSIVE BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND LIKE, NOBODY GOES TO IT. SO WHY NOT JUST SHUTTER ...

Feb. 26 (UPI) --Houston-based Intuitive Machines successfully completed the second launch of its lunar lander mission at 7:16 p.m. EST Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Astronaut Anne McClain stressed the value of exploration and collaboration in her brief remarks Friday shortly after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center.