Fossil hunters find giant crocodile

April 25 (UPI) -- The crew of the first Boeing Starliner space mission arrived Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the spacecraft's debut manned mission on May 6.

April 25 (UPI) -- A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from $5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip to 2040.

April 24 (UPI) -- China will launch three crew members into low-Earth orbit Thursday for a six-month mission at Tiangong space station, as China prepares to put astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade.

April 24 (UPI) -- Japan's moon lander has survived a third lunar night, something that surprised even its designers, as it continued to take snapshots and probe the satellite's surface, officials said on Wednesday.

April 23 (UPI) -- Rocket Lab's Electron launched NASA's new composite solar sail into space where it will undergo weeks of testing, using sunlight to propel it through the solar system.

April 23 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Tuesday evening from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

April 22 (UPI) -- The pioneering Voyager 1 deep-space probe is once again sending usable engineering updates back to Earth after five months of repairs, NASA officials announced Monday. 

April 22 (UPI) -- NASA is gearing up for a launch this week that will test a new way to navigate the solar system, using a large sail to catch the sunlight.

April 22 (UPI) -- Six new recruits of the European Space Agency got to be the latest round of fully-qualified astronauts now eligible for space missions, including a woman from Australia.

April 22 (UPI) -- Monday's Google Doodle celebrates Earth Day 2024 and sustainable living.