Rockets are hard,” Elon Musk posted after a prior Starship explosion, and Tuesday’s ninth test flight provided a dramatic ...

The son of a NASA engineer, Paul Jeris will emulate his heroes John Glenn and Neil Armstrong with a space flight of his own, ...

We are in a little bit of a spin.” With those understated words from SpaceX’s Dan Huot, the world watched as Starship, the ...

Lunar Locals. Torrance company's tanks power first-ever private moon landers by Garth Meyer If you want to launch a payload ...

Spacecraft burn tons of fuel and leave behind debris—but a clever technique called aerobraking could fix both problems.

An innovative approach for fully reusable spacecraft suggests making them "sweat" to survive the scorching heat during reentry to Earth's atmosphere, allowing them to land ready for another flight.

SpaceX's Starship rocket experienced obstacles on its recent test flight, failing to meet key testing objectives. The rocket, ...

The most striking feature of the Almaz station was the 23mm Nudelman-Rikhter (NR-23) cannon, a modified aircraft gun adapted ...

Jeff Hessel worked at Cape Canaveral in the heyday of the U.S. space program. He now lectures about the experience to groups across Palm Beach County.

The new strain, named Niallia tiangongensis, is a novel variant of a known Earth bacteria and was found in a cabin on the space station.

Kaylee Verrier went from a country high school student to an Aeronautical Engineer in the Air Force, helping design ...