The inventor’s handmade tools are now museum artifacts.

Supporting cutting-edge research at colleges and universities — even, or especially, in its earliest stages, before anyone ...

The rocket first using this system was successfully launched on 30 December 1930 and reached a height of 2,000 feet. A similar although more complex arrangement was used in the German V-2 rocket of ...

Chinese plans to develop a 600kmph (373mph) “flying train” are threatening to make Britain’s HS2 line obsolete before it even ...

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons space probe came within 7,800 miles of Pluto, providing NASA scientists with the clearest photographs and most detailed measurements they've ever seen of the dwarf ...

This device is the oldest surviving liquid-propellant rocket in the world. It was designed and built by U.S. rocket experimenter Robert H. Goddard in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was Goddard's first ...

One of those investigations involved a distinctive deep dive into studying the interior of the moon.

Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

Discover how the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is bringing expert talks, hands-on artifacts, and preservation ...

(NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University via AP ... Bad software caused ispace's first lunar lander to slam into the moon in 2023. Like the latest try, the problem occurred during the final phase of ...

Henry Purcell is appointed organist at Chapel Royal, London. 1714: The Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet at the ...