A team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, joined by university students, recently traveled to The ...

Space is getting ... with Magdrive, using solid metal fuel offers simplified storage and handling compared to gas or liquid propellants. It allows for a simple design that is particularly suited ...

NASA's Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore made a gentle splashdown off the coast of Florida after an unexpectedly long stay on the space station. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and ...

The much-hyped Cybertruck has proven to be a misstep. Derided for its awkward design and poor production quality, it has been recalled six times and has struggled to attract buyers. Tesla originally ...

The head of Poland’s space agency was fired over a bungled response to SpaceX debris falling over Polish territory.

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As SpaceX successfully demonstrated in 2017, it is possible to reuse one of their rockets — NASA had also previously reused space shuttles and solid rocket boosters (which landed in the sea ...

The countdown is well underway to launch NASA’s moon-bound Artemis I mission. NASA is preparing to launch SLS to orbit as soon as Monday, August 29. Once there, the Orion spacecraft hitching a ...

If X rays show no internal damage, the nozzle can be used again. Traditional Cluster. Propulsion Chief A. O. Tischler of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, who watched the firing ...

The duo launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:10 p.m. EST (0310 March 12 GMT). There was a glimmer in the air tonight at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and it wasn't only because ...

Their journey will also involve cargo deliveries, crew rotations, and the arrival of private space ... booster for the launch. Once all system checks are complete and flight certification is secured, ...

It retired the small rocket seen ... of boosters done on the Space Coast between launches. While originally envisioned to be built 95% from 3D-printed parts, the design for the debut Terran ...