Lots of love, singing for President Trump on San Francisco flight ahead of 'Stop the Steal' rally

Passengers aboard a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to D.C. chanted "USA" and sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" in support of President Trump ahead of a "Stop the Steal" rally.

Astronauts ring in New Year with zero-gravity 'ball drop' in space

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station had their own New Year’s Eve celebration, complete with a zero-gravity "ball drop" to ring in 2021.

EMT who tried to save man who died of COVID-19 on flight says health officials didn't contact him for 10 days

An off-duty EMT who tried to save a man who died of COVID-19 on a flight bound for LAX says health officials never spoke to him directly about the incident, even though he started feeling sick after the flight.

How NOAA is using drones to better understand hurricanes

Meteorologists are still trying to understand how the energy from the ocean gets into the atmosphere of the hurricane. NOAA is working with the private sector on three drones with better sensors and longer endurance.

Interview: NASA astronauts on ISS

Astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover of the ISS Expedition 64 spoke to FOX 5 NY from orbit.

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FOX 5 NY's Dan Bowens interviewed NASA Astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover, who are on the International Space Station.

What are President-elect Biden's plans for NASA?

NASA has big plans to send humans back to the moon and then to Mars. But President-elect Joe Biden could make big changes to the space program. He says he wants to boost NASA budget and review its priorities.

Former Israeli space chief says US in contact with ‘galactic federation’ of aliens and Trump knows

Israel’s former director of space programs for the country’s ministry of defense claimed the U.S. and Israel have been in contact with extraterrestrials representing a “galactic federation,” and President Donald Trump has been on the verge of revealing the information.

World's space achievements a bright spot in otherwise stressful 2020

Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars, and robotic explorers grabbed rocks from the moon and gravel from an asteroid for return to Earth.

Jupiter and Saturn will appear to touch in closest conjunction since 1623

The aligning orbits of two gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn happens every few decades, but this great conjunction will be the closest the two planets have been in centuries.

Rocket motor fails to ignite on Virgin Galactic test flight

A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft's rocket motor failed to ignite and it then glided down safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico.

Window opens for Virgin Galactic’s first rocket-powered test flight from spaceport

The window opens Friday for Virgin Galactic’s first rocket-powered test flight from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico as the company prepares for commercial flights next year.