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Maker of things and former "Mythbusters" co-host Adam Savage is set to appear with spacesuit on Discovery and Science Channel's live simulcast of SpaceX's first launch of astronauts.

Adam Savage on SpaceX's first astronaut launch, spacesuits and storytelling

By Robert Z. Pearlman

Instead of attending SpaceX's first crewed launch, Adam Savage will help bring the event into the homes of people across the nation on a live simulcast.

An artist's depiction of SpaceX Starships on Mars.

SpaceX wants to send people to Mars. Here's what the trip might look like.

By Meghan Bartels

Even as SpaceX prepares to launch astronauts for the first time, the company is sharing its dreams for human spaceflight on a much grander scale: missions to Mars.

From left: Expedition 63 prime crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner pose for a photo at the Garagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on Nov. 12, 2019.

In photos: The Expedition 63 mission to the International Space Station

By Christine Lunsford

See photos of the astronauts and cosmonauts of Expedition 63 to the International Space Station.

The sun rises behind SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, which stands ready for launch at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on May 24, 2020.

SpaceX, NASA give final 'go' for historic astronaut launch Wednesday

By Hanneke Weitering

SpaceX is officially "go" to launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station this week after the final launch readiness review. But some bad weather could potentially cause delays.

Virgin Orbit's carrier plane, Cosmic Girl, hauls the company's LauncherOne rocket aloft on the Launch Demo mission on May 25, 2020. LauncherOne did not reach orbit on the flight.

Virgin Orbit's 1st test launch fails to reach orbit

By Mike Wall

Virgin Orbit aimed to send its LauncherOne rocket to orbit for the first time today (May 25). But something went wrong shortly after LauncherOne separated from its carrier plane.

The HTV-9 cargo ship arrives at the International Space Station on May 25, 2020 to deliver more than 4 tons of supplies on the final HTV flight by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Japanese cargo ship arrives at space station to make one last delivery

By Tariq Malik

A robotic Japanese cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station Monday (May 25) to make one final delivery before its fleet is retired.

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spaceliner captured this view of Earth during the vehicle's first trip to space, on Dec. 13, 2018.

SpaceX's astronaut launch debut won't be the first human spaceflight from American soil since 2011

By Mike Wall

SpaceX's first crewed mission, which is set to launch on Wednesday (May 27), will be epic and historic. But it doesn't mark the return of human spaceflight to American soil.

NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behknen perform a launch dress rehearsal inside their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft

SpaceX and NASA are ready to launch astronauts. Here's the 10-year journey it took to get here.

By Mike Wall

SpaceX's first crewed launch has been a decade in the making.

A Soyuz-2 rocket launches a missile-warning satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia on May 22, 2020.

Russian military satellite launch spawns space-junk fireball over Australia (video)

By Mike Wall

Russia launched a military satellite to orbit on Friday (May 22), and the mission generated plenty of drama in the downward direction as well.

Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl carries a LauncherOne booster in a captive-carry flight on April 12, 2020. The company plans to launch its first test flight in May 2020.

Sensor glitch delays Virgin Orbit's 1st launch of new LauncherOne rocket

By Tariq Malik

Virgin Orbit called off the planned debut launch of its new LauncherOne rocket Sunday (May 24) due to a sensor issue on the air-launched booster.

A close-up of SpaceX's first Crew Dragon spacecraft to carry astronauts and its Falcon 9 rocket on Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as seen by Maxar's WorldView-3 satellite taken on May 23, 2020 during a launch dress rehearsal.

Here's what SpaceX's 1st spaceship to carry astronauts looks like from space (satellite photos)

By Meghan Bartels

A satellite has spotted SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon standing tall on a launch pad in Florida, ready for this week's historic crewed flight.

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (left) and Doug Hurley smile ahead of a final dress rehearsal of their SpaceX Demo-2 launch on a Crew Dragon spacecraft at Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2020.

Meet the NASA astronauts launching on SpaceX's historic Crew Dragon test flight

By Chelsea Gohd

Two veteran NASA astronauts are ready and excited to launch from Florida to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX spacecraft next week. But who are they?

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule sits ready for launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Wednesday (May 27), two NASA astronauts will launch to the International Space Station for the first crewed test flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket reached the launch site on Thursday (May 21).

NASA and SpaceX to launch astronauts into orbit this week on Crew Dragon spacecraft

By Chelsea Gohd

This week, astronauts will take off from American soil aboard a SpaceX capsule in a historic launch.

Astronauts Bob Behnken (right) and Doug Hurley walk out of their Astronaut Crew Quarters to take a Tesla Model X to NASA's Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2020 during a dress rehearsal of their SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 launch.

Astronauts perform one last dress rehearsal for big SpaceX launch next week

By Tariq Malik

Two NASA astronauts climbed inside their SpaceX spaceship today (May 23) for one last rehearsal ahead of a historic launch into orbit next week.

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (right) and Doug Hurley (left) arrived today (May 20, 2020) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center a week ahead of their historic test mission Demo-2 aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule.

These 2 NASA astronauts are ready to make history on a SpaceX spaceship

By Chelsea Gohd

Veteran NASA astronauts preparing to blast off in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule shared their expectations for the approaching historic launch.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the planned May 27, 2020, launch of the Demo-2 mission.

Discovery, Science Channel offer behind-the-scenes looks at SpaceX's 1st crew launch

By Elizabeth Howell

Discovery and Science channels are teaming up to give us a multiplatform experience looking behind the scenes at SpaceX's first-ever crewed launch next week.

A model of the Vostok 1 capsule in flight in 1961.

Here's every spaceship that's ever carried an astronaut into orbit

By Meghan Bartels

The hundreds of people who have been to space have traveled on just a handful of vehicles, eight in all over nearly six decades of spaceflight.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule will soon have a name as part of a longstanding naming tradition.

The astronauts on SpaceX's Crew Dragon launch have named their ship. (But they're not telling ... yet.)

By Chelsea Gohd

The NASA astronauts set out to launch next week aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule have named their vehicle. But, alas, we'll have to wait til launch day for the big reveal.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the Demo-2 mission on May 27, 2020, undergoes a "static fire" test at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 22, 2020.

SpaceX test-fires rocket for epic astronaut launch for NASA on May 27

By Mike Wall

SpaceX just notched another milestone on the path to its first-ever crewed launch next week.

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (left) and Doug Hurley give a thumbs up after arriving at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX's Demo-2 mission, on May 20, 2020.

NASA is having a virtual 'Launch America' party for historic SpaceX flight. (Yes, you're invited)

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA is ready to virtually host thousands of excited people for America's first launch of astronauts from United States soil to orbit since 2011.