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US: Hurricane Erin Brings Storm Surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks 3

Hurricane Erin is bringing storm surge to North Carolina's Outer Banks while moving through the Atlantic, prompting mandatory evacuations for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.

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US: Hurricane Erin Brings Storm Surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks 4

Hurricane Erin is bringing storm surge to North Carolina's Outer Banks while moving through the Atlantic, prompting mandatory evacuations for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.

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US: Hurricane Erin Brings Storm Surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Hurricane Erin is bringing storm surge to North Carolina's Outer Banks while moving through the Atlantic, prompting mandatory evacuations for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.

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US: Hurricane Erin Brings Storm Surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks 2

Hurricane Erin is bringing storm surge to North Carolina's Outer Banks while moving through the Atlantic, prompting mandatory evacuations for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.

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SpaceX crew launch

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui waves at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Aug. 1, 2025, before a planned liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a mission at the International Space Station.

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SpaceX crew launch

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui waves at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Aug. 1, 2025, before a planned liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a mission at the International Space Station.

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Astronaut Onishi blasts off on mission

Astronaut Takuya Onishi waves to his family before boarding SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 14, 2025, on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Astronaut Onishi blasts off on mission

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 14, 2025, carrying Takuya Onishi and three fellow crew members bound for the International Space Station.

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Boeing Starliner's first crewed flight

An Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spaceship lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 5, 2024. The first crewed flight of the space capsule, carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station, follows two unmanned tests.

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Japan's Furukawa ahead of Crew-7 launch

Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa waves on Aug. 26, 2023, as he prepares to board a SpaceX Dragon craft which is scheduled to be launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida later in the day. Furukawa and three others will fly to the International Space Station on the Crew-7 mission.

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Spacecraft Orion developed for Mars trip lifts off on 1st test flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - A Delta 4 Heavy rocket, carrying NASA's next-generation spacecraft Orion, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014 in its first unmanned test flight. Orion was developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

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Spacecraft Orion developed for Mars trip lifts off on 1st test flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - A Delta 4 Heavy rocket, carrying NASA's next-generation spacecraft Orion, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014 in its first unmanned test flight. Orion was developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

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Discovery returns to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery with seven crew members aboard lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 20, 2010, a day after thick cloud prompted NASA twice to wave off its homecoming from a two-week trip to space.

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Discovery returns to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery with seven crew members aboard lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 20, 2010, a day after thick cloud prompted NASA twice to wave off its homecoming from a two-week trip to space.

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Discovery returns to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery with seven crew members aboard lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 20, 2010, a day after thick cloud prompted NASA twice to wave off its homecoming from a two-week trip to space.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit with Yamazaki on board

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, and six other crew members are on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit with Yamazaki on board

TOKYO, Japan - Children in the city of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, hometown of Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, cheer as they watch the space shuttle Discovery with Yamazaki on board lift off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, via satellite broadcasting on April 5, 2010.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit with Yamazaki on board

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, and six other crew members are on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

TOKYO, Japan - Akito Shikano (L) and his wife Kimie, parents of Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, show Yamazaki's graduation essay she wrote when she was in sixth grade at a news conference at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on April 5, 2010. The space shuttle Discovery with Yamazaki on board lifted off on a mission to the International Space Center from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the same day.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, and six other crew members are on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

TOKYO, Japan - Students at Ochanomizu University Senior High School, alma mater of Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward cheer as they watch the space shuttle Discovery with Yamazaki on board lift off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, via satellite broadcasting at the school on April 5, 2010.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, and six other crew members are on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Yamazaki prepares to go on Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (2nd from L) and other crew members of NASA's space shuttle Discovery wave as they head to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, is one of seven crew members on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Yamazaki prepares to go on Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (2nd from L) and other crew members of NASA's space shuttle Discovery wave as they head to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, is one of seven crew members on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Yamazaki prepares to go on Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki gives a thumbs-up before heading to the launch pad to board NASA's space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, and six other crew members are bound for the International Space Station.

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Yamazaki prepares to go on Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki waves as she heads to the launch pad to board NASA's space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, is one of the seven crew members to be on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Yamazaki prepares to go on Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki waves as she heads to the launch pad to board NASA's space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, is one of the seven crew members to be on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Kennedy Space Center prepares for launch of Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, under preparation for the launch of NASA's space shuttle Discovery, on April 4, 2010. Discovery is scheduled to lift off on the morning of April 5 on a mission to the International Space Station, with Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki among the crew of seven.

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U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifts off

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery, carrying seven astronauts, including Japan's Koichi Wakata, lifted off at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 15.

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U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifts off

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - U.S. space shuttle Discovery astronauts, including Japan's Koichi Wakata (3rd from L), head to the shuttle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 15.

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U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifts off

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (C) smiles just before boarding the U.S. space shuttle Discovery at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 15. (NASA TV-Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Doi speaks at post-landing news conference

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Takao Doi speaks about the just-completed mission of the space shuttle Endeavour at a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 27. The Endeavor, carrying seven crew members including Doi, returned to Cape Canaveral on March 26, after nearly 16 days in orbit.

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Space shuttle Endeavour with Japanese astronaut returns to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - U.S. space shuttle Endeavour, carrying seven crew members including Japanese astronaut Takao Doi, lands at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 26, wrapping up a mission that lasted nearly 16 days.

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Space shuttle Endeavour launched with Japan's Doi on board

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - NASA launched the space shuttle Endeavour on March 11 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with Japanese astronaut Takao Doi among the seven crew members on board with its main mission being the delivery of Japanese and other laboratories.

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Space shuttle Endeavour launched with Japan's Doi on board

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - NASA launched the space shuttle Endeavour on March 11 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with Japanese astronaut Takao Doi among the seven crew members on board with its main mission being the delivery of Japanese and other laboratories.

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Space shuttle Endeavour launched with Japan's Doi on board

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - NASA launched the space shuttle Endeavour on March 11 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with Japanese astronaut Takao Doi among the seven crew members on board with its main mission being the delivery of Japanese and other laboratories.

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Space shuttle Endeavour launched with Japan's Doi on board

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - NASA launched the space shuttle Endeavour on March 11 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with Japanese astronaut Takao Doi among the seven crew members on board with its main mission being the delivery of Japanese and other laboratories.

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Endeavour crew heads to shuttle orbiter to await liftoff

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The crew of the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour, including Japanese astronaut Takao Doi (C), heads to the Kennedy Space Center launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, March 10 to await liftoff scheduled for 2:28 a.m. (3:28 p.m. Japan time) on March 11. The astronauts will install the Japanese-made module 'Kibo' in the International Space Station during their 16-day mission.

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Endeavour crew heads to shuttle orbiter to await liftoff

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Takao Doi (C) waves to well-wishers as he and other members of the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour crew head to the Kennedy Space Center launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the evening of March 10 to await liftoff scheduled for 2:28 a.m. (3:28 p.m. Japan time) on March 11. The astronauts will install the Japanese-made module 'Kibo' in the International Space Station during their 16-day mission.

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Endeavour crew heads to shuttle orbiter to await liftoff

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The seven-member crew of the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour, including Japanese astronaut Takao Doi (2nd L), pose for photographers before heading to the Kennedy Space Center launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, March 10 to await liftoff scheduled for 2:28 a.m. (3:28 p.m. Japan time) on March 11. The astronauts will install the Japanese-made module 'Kibo' in the International Space Station during their 16-day mission.

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NASA prepares for launch of space shuttle Endeavour

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour sits at the Kennedy Space Center launch pad in Cape Canaveral in Florida on March 10 to await liftoff scheduled for 2:28 a.m. (3:28 p.m. Japan time) on March 11. Endeavour will carry Japanese astronaut Takao Doi among its seven-member crew in a 16-day mission to install the Japanese-made module 'Kibo' in the International Space Station.

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NASA cancels Discovery's Florida landing, aims at California

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - A woman appears tired as the clock ticks to indicate the Space Shuttle Discovery's first landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Aug. 9. NASA later announced Discovery will not land at Kennedy Space Center because of rain and set the next landing opportunity at 8:12 a.m. in California.

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Discovery blasts off, carrying Japanese astronaut Noguchi

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 10:39 a.m. EDT on July 26, on the first shuttle flight in almost two and a half years since the Columbia disaster.

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Discovery blasts off, carrying Japanese astronaut Noguchi

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off on July 26 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the first shuttle flight in almost two and a half years since the Columbia disaster. Carrying a crew of seven astronauts, including Japan's Soichi Noguchi, Discovery launched at 10:39 a.m. EDT.

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Discovery blasts off, carrying Japanese astronaut Noguchi

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 26. Carrying a crew of seven astronauts, including Japan's Soichi Noguchi, it reached orbit about 9 minutes after liftoff, NASA said.

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NASA says July 26 next possible date for Discovery launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Wayne Hale, space shuttle deputy director, speaks about the launch of the space shuttle Discovery at a news conference at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 18.

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NASA won't attempt Discovery's launch until Sunday

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Space Shuttle Deputy Program Manager Wayne Hale (L) and Director of Shuttle Processing Mike Wetmore speak to reporters about a problem with a fuel tank sensor at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 14.

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NASA postpones Discovery's launch due to faulty fuel tank sensor

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Mike Griffin, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, speaks at a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 13 after NASA postponed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery due to a faulty fuel tank sensor.

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Space shuttle Discovery to be launched July 13

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi poses during a news conference July 9 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as he arrived there with other crew members of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery before the shuttle's launch July 13.

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Space shuttle Discovery to be launched July 13

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The crew of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery, including Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (C), arrives July 9 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, before the shuttle's launch July 13.