He has "so much respect" for astronauts, particularly those with engineering backgrounds ... comes to stepping foot on a rocket and propelling himself into outer space. "Never say never," he ...

On October 24, 1946, the V2 rocket became the first human-made object to reach outer space, reaching an altitude of about 65 miles. Onboard was a 35 mm camera that captured the first images of Earth.

To launch something like that into space, it takes: Two solid rocket boosters that each burn 1.1 million pounds of fuel in the first 2 minutes. Three main engines on the shuttle itself that ignite ...

YEKATERINBURG, July 10. /TASS/. A space rocket center for sending tourists into outer space can be built in Russia already in five years, the Urals-based Automatics Research and Production ...

The previous record was 14 days. The rocket launched at 2:49 a.m. EDT Friday form Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission was for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

NASA's newest space telescope ... the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere, and the resulting solar wind. The evening launch was delayed two weeks because of the rocket and other issues.

How do reactions power rockets ... of space on the body. Do waves hold the secrets of space? Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore what sound and light waves tell us about space. Can you make outer ...

If the United States and the former Soviet Union could cooperate on space efforts during the Cold War, then tensions between nations on Earth today don’t have to extend to diplomacy and agreements ...

The former Google chief executive is taking a controlling interest in Relativity Space, which aims to build low-cost, reusable rockets to compete against Elon Musk’s SpaceX and to reach Mars.