A rocket launching to space from an airplane is sort of like a hat on a hat, but you know what? The more hats, the better.

A one-of-a-kind NASA space telescope is about to fall out of the sky. For more than two decades, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory telescope has gazed at the fading afterglows of

LINK’s mission is to rescue one of the most scientifically productive astronomical facilities in operation: NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which astronomers call “Swift.” Swift is sinking. The satellite has orbited Earth about once every hour and a half for more than two decades,

National News NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission “This is the first American space robot to go up and do anything like this

Dinosaur fossils are rare to find in Antarctica because of the unforgiving ice caps. But millions of years ago, when this dinosaur lived, the region was populated by lush forests

Dinosaur fossils are rare to find in Antarctica because of the unforgiving ice caps. But millions of years ago, the region was populated by lush forests.

A fossil that has spent 40 years lying forgotten in a drawer has been discovered, and it is a tail bone from a type of dinosaur called a Titanosaur - this group contained the largest dinosaurs to ever walk the Earth.

This is the first evidence of dinosaurs ever collected from Antarctica. (British Antarctic Survey) A fossil that has been sitting in a drawer for 40 years has turned out to be the first piece of dinosaur ever retrieved from Antarctica.

Live updates from SpaceX’s Sunday night SiriusXM SXM-11 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before today’s SpaceX Falcon 9 launch window opens.

FLORIDA TODAY photographers captured a gallery of images of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaking skyward above darkened Brevard County.

Follow FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live updates from SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon 9 rocket launch on the SXM-11 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.