Brendan Byrne

More than 4,700 pounds of cargo launched Thursday evening from Kennedy Space Center on a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

It experienced communication issues connecting with the Deep Space Network, a group of giant radio antennas positioned around the globe to communicate with spacecraft.

Orange County Sheriff John Mina is joining a Department of Justice task force, investigating the police response to the Uvalde school shooting.

An attempt earlier this year ended early as teams never fully filled the massive tanks of the spacecraft, a critical test requirement.

Boeing's Starliner capsule is to return to Earth after a stay at the Space Station as part of a test mission before it flies astronauts. The parachutes are among the systems engineers are monitoring.

Boeing hopes to launch its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. If this test is successful, Boeing hopes to begin sending humans to the space station this fall.

Central Floridians are in for a celestial show this weekend with a lunar eclipse happening Sunday night. The Earth will slip between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the lunar surface.

The crew spent 177 days in space before splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.

They launched from Kennedy Space Center and they will spend close to half a year aboard the station.

On Wednesday, SpaceX launches the next NASA astronauts to the International Space Station — including Jessica Watkins, who is to become the first Black woman on a long-duration mission.