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Pending confirmation by the Senate, space policy expert and educator Greg Autry will play an influential role in shaping the financials and future of the federal agency.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were on the International Space Station more than nine months, despite launching into space in June for what was expected to be an eight-day mission.

Florida’s two Republican senators — Sen. Rick Scott and Ashley Moody — want Congress to relocate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Florida’s Space Coast in Brevard County.

The decision came down with less than an hour remaining in the countdown. Officials say the launch is off until at least Friday.

Florida has a large number of federal government workers. There are concentrations in regions with military bases and space operations. They are predominately represented by Republicans in Congress.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will return home on SpaceX soon after their replacements arrive at the space station next week.

New Glenn, developed by the private space firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is on the pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and could launch on its maiden flight as early as Friday.

The mission to take four astronauts on a trip around the moon and back, previously targeting a launch at the end of 2025, has been delayed until at least April, 2026.

The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome by the stronger tug of the sun's gravity.

A NASA astronaut — who was not identified — was kept for observation for an unspecified medical issue after landing Friday.

Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut splashed down off the Florida coast early Friday, capping a nearly eight-month science and research mission to the International Space Station.

New spacesuits, untested astronauts, and a lot that can go wrong make this five-day mission unusually complex, but with a potentially great reward.