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Journey out of this world and into space with Astronaut, Bob Behnken who sits with California Live’s Ross Thomas to share his experience with SpaceX and the new Netflix documentary “Return to Space.” He describes the feeling of leaving earth and the importance of having to return safely. Find out what earned him the nickname “badass space dad.”

NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Raji Chari took a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station.

Hawthorne-based SpaceX Saturday postponed its planned launch of another group of astronauts to the International Space Station as part of its contract with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program to shuttle personnel to the orbiting outpost.

This is the 12th spacewalk at the International Space Station this year.

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo ship delivered pizza and other foods to the International Space Station on Thursday.

China’s own space station will rival the International Space Station, a co-operation between the U.S, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

When the SpaceX Dragon launches to the International Space Station this week for its second operational crew mission, an astronaut with ties to San Diego will be at the helm of the spacecraft.

Bernard Harris, a former NASA astronaut and the first Black American to do a spacewalk, has some new missions right here on Earth. One of them is teaching and promoting STEM education. And the other is exploring the oceans as a certified scuba diver. Harris talked to LX News host Tabitha Lipkin about these new terrestrial passions.

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel to space, wants teens to follow their own path in life rather than trying to follow in her footsteps. She writes about her own journey in her new book “Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments From My Life.” In an interview with LX News, Jemison discusses why it was important to...

“My battle with cancer really prepared me for space travel.”

LX News host Tabitha Lipkin broke the news to Scott Kelly that recent research shows kids now want to be social media influencers rather than astronauts when they grow up. Kelly, a retired astronaut who has tested the limits of human life in space, wasn’t impressed.

From astronaut to author. Scott Kelly has published a children’s book, “Goodnight, Astronaut,” with the goal of inspiring kids to dream big about all the places they can sleep — from underwater to deep in space. Kelly joined LX News host Tabitha Lipkin to talk about the book, as well as his most surprising and humbling moments as an astronaut.

Retired astronaut Scott Kelly tested the limits of putting humans in space when he spent a year in orbit to test the effects on his own body. As NASA’s Perseverance rover prepared to touch down on Mars, Kelly joined LX News to talk about the goal of getting a human mission to Mars by 2030.

Five of the 18 astronauts named for the next mission to the moon are California natives for the Artemis Team, NASA announced Wednesday.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to lift off Saturday will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station, kicking off a new era in NASA history.

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins cast her ballot aboard the International Space Station, 253 miles above Earth. Rubins just began a six month stay aboard the ISS.

NASA Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday completing the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit.

Before NASA’s first endeavor into space with a private rocket has even launched, the crew for its second joint NASA/SpaceX mission has been selected — and it includes an astronaut with San Diego ties. NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, a UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumna, will pilot SpaceX’s second Dragon flight to the International Space Station alongside...

Kathy Sullivan, America’s first female spacewalker, also became the first woman to reach the deepest known point of the ocean.

It was a history-making six months in space for NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir but its time for this UC San Diego alum and Maine native to come back to earth.