The crew includes a physicist from Florida and a German aerospace engineer who could become the first person who uses a wheelchair to reach space. The suborbital flight will last about 11 minutes, ...

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rocket Lab is getting ready to take a bigger bite out of the space launch market. The company ...

The company that pioneered small launch has had a big year. Rocket Lab broke its annual launch record with the Electron booster—17 successful missions this year, and counting—and is close to bringing ...

Blue Origin successfully launched its massive New Glenn rocket on Thursday following days of delays, with the spacecraft carrying NASA’s twin satellites bound for Mars. Thursday’s mission marked the ...

Nov. 13 (UPI) --Blue Origin's New Glenn booster rocket successfully launched its second-ever trip into space on Thursday to deploy two NASA satellites that are bound for Mars. The unmanned New Glenn ...

A swirl of light seen in the sky early Tuesday evening was described by some as a “space jellyfish.” But it wasn't a UFO It was exhaust from a rocket. The slow-moving pinwheel-shaped light was seen ...

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Sept. 13 (UPI) --A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Saturday while completing the space firm's 300th deployment of the communications satellites. The ...

Five years ago, investor Katelin Holloway made what she calls a “literal moon shot” investment. A founding partner of the generalist venture firm Seven Seven Six admits she and her team had “no clue” ...

SpaceX's massive Starship rocket was scheduled to lift off from the company's Texas launch site this evening for its 10th flight. After scrubbing the launch initially planned for Sunday, August 24, ...