This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

"This test confirmed that all components — software, mechanical linkages, and control laws — work together as intended." ...

As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA ...

No one saw Earth's poles from space in the more than 400 human spaceflight missions preceding Fram2. The closest any crew ...

Space agencies from around the world launched a total of 244 successful missions into orbit or space in 2024, which is the most in history. The US led the way with over half of those launches ...

Space.com editor-in-chief was in attendance at NASA's Wallops Flight Center for the first launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from US soil. Credit: Space.com / Tariq Malik Officials say Gene ...

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Go SpaceX. Go SPHEREx, Go PUNCH. SPHEREx and PUNCH on their way to map out our universe like never before and revolutionize space weather forecasting. SPHEREx is drifting away from Falcon 9’s ...

showcasing the monstrous power of the Super Heavy booster from an extremely interesting camera angle. The above footage shows the 33 Raptor engines equipped to the Super Heavy booster ignite and ...

interplanetary cargo transport and deep-space exploration. The engine is a plasma propulsion system, working by ionizing the propellant to create plasma, which is then accelerated by an ...

Ms Williams will make another record having flown four different space capsules - Space Shuttle, Soyuz, Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon. Incidentally, during her long stay at the ISS ...

The Gateway space station will be humanity’s first space station around the Moon as a vital component of the Artemis missions to return humans to the lunar surface for scientific discovery and chart ...