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The four astronauts of NASA and SpaceX's Crew-2 mission pose inside their Crew Dragon Endeavour before leaving the International Space Station. They are: ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet (front left); NASA astronaut Megan McArthur (back left); NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough (back right); and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.

SpaceX's Crew-2 astronaut splashdown for NASA: Live updates

By Space.com Staff

Read that latest news about SpaceX's Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station for NASA.

The four astronauts of NASA and SpaceX's Crew-2 mission pose with their launch and entry suits as they wrap up a six-month mission to the International Space Station. They are: (from left) Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of European Space Agency.

Watch live now: SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts headed back to Earth

By Space.com Staff

SpaceX's Crew-2 astronaut mission will undock from the International Space Station on Monday (Nov. 8) to return to Earth early Monday and you can watch it all live.

SpaceX's Crew-2 Dragon Endeavour is seen over a blue Earth in a view from the International Space Station after undocking on Nov. 8, 2021.

SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon astronauts depart space station for return to Earth

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX's Crew-2 Dragon astronauts departed the International Space Station for an eight-hour trip back to Earth on Monday (Nov. 8).

An artist's depiction of Lucy's solar arrays in the process of deploying.

NASA says a glitchy strap could be behind Lucy asteroid probe's solar array troubles

By Meghan Bartels

NASA may be homing in on the glitch that kept a massive solar array on its new asteroid-bound spacecraft from properly deploying.

Heinz Tomato Ketchup Marz Edition is made using tomatoes grown under Mars-like conditions at the Aldrin Space Institute.

Heinz debuts 'Marz' Edition ketchup made with tomatoes grown in Mars conditions

By Robert Z. Pearlman

Good news, future Mars' explorers! When humans set up camp on the Red Planet, they will be able to flavor their foods with a Mars-grown version of Earth's best-selling red condiment.

This photo from NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity shows the drone's shadow on the Martian surface during its 14th flight, which occurred Oct. 24, 2021.

Watch NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity take its 14th flight in this full video

By Elizabeth Howell

A new video shows NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity as it completed its latest daring brief flight hop in the thinning atmosphere of the Red Planet.

Astronauts at the International Space Station enjoyed the most stunning display of aurora borealis thanks to a cannibal coronal mass ejection.

'Cannibal' sun eruption gives departing astronauts their best aurora views yet

By Tereza Pultarova

Astronauts at the International Space Station enjoyed the most spectacular aurora display of their entire mission over the weekend after a massive blast of material from the sun reached our planet.

An artist's interpretation of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express spacecraft orbiting the second planet in our Solar System.

On This Day in Space! Nov. 8, 2005: Europe launches its 1st mission to Venus

By Hanneke Weitering

On Nov. 8, 2005, Europe launched its first mission to Venus. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space series.

The astronauts of Expedition 66 on the International Space Station wave after a change of command ceremony handed control of the station from ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet (left) to Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov on Nov. 6, 2021 ahead of SpaceX's Crew-2 Dragon departure.

How to watch SpaceX's Crew-2 astronauts return to Earth today

By Amy Thompson

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 China's Shenzhou 13 mission to the Tiangong space station module Tianhe took their first spacewalk on Nov. 7, 2021. It was crewed by Shenzhou 13 commander Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping, China's first female spacewalker.

China's Shenzhou 13 crew takes its first spacewalk, the country's 1st by a female astronaut

By Andrew Jones

The Shenzhou 13 astronauts aboard the Chinese space station took the first spacewalk of their mission Sunday (Nov. 7), marking the country's first spacewalk by a female astronaut.

The four astronauts of NASA and SpaceX's Crew-2 mission pose inside their Crew Dragon Endeavour before leaving the International Space Station. They are: ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet (front left); NASA astronaut Megan McArthur (back left); NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough (back right); and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.

SpaceX, NASA delay return to Earth of Crew-2 astronauts on Dragon spaceship

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX and NASA have delayed the return to Earth of the Crew-2 astronauts to late Monday (Nov. 8).

A Hubble Space Telescope image of a nebula called N44.

Space photos: The most amazing images this week!

By Doris Elin Urrutia

See the best photos on Space.com this week.

NASA SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), left, Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency), and Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough of NASA participate in the Space Olympics onboard the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Crew-2 astronauts will leave space station Sunday as Crew-3 launch is delayed

By Mike Wall

SpaceX's current mission to the International Space Station will head home to Earth before its successor lifts off, if all goes according to plan.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Nov. 5, 2021.

Vice President Harris to lead her 1st National Space Council meeting Dec. 1

By Mike Wall

Circle Dec. 1 on your calendars, space fans. That day will mark the first meeting of the National Space Council under Vice President Kamala Harris, who plans to get a lot done.

An artist's depiction of the DART spacecraft slamming into Dimorphos as observatories on Earth and a small cubesat watch.

NASA wants you to become a planetary defender with the DART asteroid mission

By Samantha Mathewson

NASA is getting ready to launch a spacecraft to test an experimental method to deflect near-Earth objects, and you can participate in the mission by testing your own planetary defense know-how.

An illustration of the private Nova-C moon lander built by Intuitive Machines with NASA's Polar Resources Ice-Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) attached to the spacecraft.

NASA picks landing site at the moon's south pole for ice-drilling robot

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA and Intuitive Machines announced the Shackleton Crater landing site for an ice-drilling robot.

The four astronauts of NASA and SpaceX's Crew-2 mission pose with their launch and entry suits as they wrap up a six-month mission to the International Space Station. They are: (from left) Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of European Space Agency.

The astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-2 mission talk toilet trouble in space and more, but when will they land?

By Amy Thompson

NASA and SpaceX are weighing when to bring the Crew-2 astronauts home, even as their replacements await launch.

A Chinese Long March 6 rocket lifts off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center carrying SDGSAT-1 on Nov. 4, 2021.

China launches sustainable development satellite SDGSAT-1 to study Earth from space

By Andrew Jones

China launched the SDGSAT-1 satellite into orbit Nov. 4 as part of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Amy Ross, a spacesuit engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, left, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from left, watch as Kristine Davis, a spacesuit engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, wearing a ground prototype of NASA’s new Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU), and Dustin Gohmert, Orion Crew Survival Systems Project Manager at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, wearing the Orion Crew Survival System suit, right, wave after being introduced by the administrator, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

How NASA is building next-gen spacesuits for Artemis moon astronauts (video)

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA's new moon explorers will have better mobility and a lighter load to lug than their Apollo ancestors.

The DART spacecraft as seen inside a cleanroom before flight.

NASA will launch its 1st asteroid-defense mission this month

By Meghan Bartels

NASA has lofted countless spacecraft into the solar system, but a mission launching in late November will attempt a unique feat: to slam into a tiny asteroid and slightly speed up its orbit.