Engineers are exploring propulsion methods that could enable longer-distance travel ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NASA’s newest space telescope has blasted off to map the entire sky like never before. Launched Tuesday ...

Launched in December 2023 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the X-37B carried no astronauts – only classified experiments. SpaceX provided the lift into orbit, but after that, the miniature shuttle’s ...

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 ...

He has not taken another C.E.O. job since. But on Monday, Mr. Schmidt told employees of Relativity Space, a rocket start-up in Long Beach, Calif., that he had made a significant investment and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It resembles the famous NASA space shuttle in that it is solar-powered, though it notably lacks any sort of portholes and is considerably smaller.

The U.S. military's mini space shuttle, the X-37B, returned after a 434-day mission. Launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 by SpaceX, the secretive unmanned mission ended at ...

(United States Space Force via AP) 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 ...

Hawai’i students spoke with astronauts from Space Shuttle Columbia as it flew over the islands, including astronaut Lacy Veach, who was from Hawaiʻi. They also talked to the crew of Hōkūleʻa ...