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 ...

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As space systems increasingly perform and support critical operations, a variety of plausible near-term incidents in outer space could precipitate or exacerbate an international crisis.

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 ...

There was a glimmer in the air tonight at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and it wasn't only because a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took to the skies carrying precious NASA cargo. As the ...

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 ...

Before then, Relativity stood out in the launch industry for seeking to 3D-print most of each rocket. The first Terran 1 reached space as a majority-printed vehicle but failed to reach orbit after ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA ...

The return to Earth of Boeing's Starliner astronauts stuck on the International Space Station inched closer as their replacements arrived to Florida for their relief flight this week. The quartet ...

Varda Space Industries' W-2 space capsule reentered Earth's atmosphere and touched down in the Australian outback last month, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to land Down Under.

Space Force officials would not say what’s on board other than a Nasa experiment to gauge the effects of radiation on materials. Its predawn touchdown on Friday at Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...