Trump aims to send a crew to Mars by the end of his term, which Musk calls 'doable.' Astronauts question the time frame but said a flight would soon be possible ...

SpaceX's Starship megarocket, the world's most powerful rocket, is officially on NASA's list for future launches.

Half a century later, there's a Moon rocket behind those same doors It is 50 years since the very last Saturn rocket rolled ...

The slow race of getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year’s Artemis II moon mission jumped a ...

Hermeus, for example, will use titanium and a nickel-chromium superalloy for the exterior of its 20-seat Halcyon, while other ...

British startup Magdrive claims it can help with both, via a new propulsion system for spacecraft that will launch into space for the first time later this year and will be fueled by solid metal.

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 ...

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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 European service module is the European Space ... solid rocket boosters and core stage have served their purpose and are jettisoned. The RL10B-2 engine will produce 24,750 pounds (110kN) of ...

The first static test of the most powerful rocket ... lb.-thrust engine was constructed by Thiokol Chemical Corp. to prove the feasibility of very large, solid-propellant boosters.

adding that the "rocket and payload remain healthy and ready for launch." ORIGINAL STORY: Firefly Aerospace is planning to launch its “Message in a Booster” mission from Vandenberg Space Force ...