Next week, Space X is launching a four-day mission to polar orbit in a SpaceX Dragon capsule that could unlock a new area in space for future spaceflights. X/@SpaceX Four space explorers will ...

The U.S. Space Force has certified United Launch Alliance's (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch national security missions. The news, which the Space Force announced on Wednesday (March 26 ...

"Technicians joined the core stage March 23 with the stacked solid rocket boosters for the mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC)," NASA officials wrote in a statement Monday (March 24).

SpaceX launched the NROL-69 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission carried a classified national security payload and marked the NRO's ...

The Gaia Observatory from the European Space Agency (ESA) has now been powered down and sent into a “retirement orbit” around the sun — but data from the mission will continue to be released ...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a secret payload in space on Monday as part of a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The NROL-69 mission lifted off ...

New Zealand-based Rocket Lab has launched its third satellite-deployment mission in two weeks ... of the puzzle” in creating a comprehensive space enterprise.

This week, as part of a presentation, Chinese officials shared some public dates about future missions. Space journalist Andrew Jones, who tracks China's space program, shared some images with a ...

A launch company with millions of dollars invested in north Alabama has become only the second firm authorized to fly complex national security space missions. United Launch Alliance (ULA ...

1972 – NASA’s Space Shuttle program formally begins in 1972, under President Richard Nixon. 1973-1974 – NASA’s Skylab program. Three missions are completed, with astronauts spending a ...

If needed, the team has backup opportunities starting at 3:17 p.m. Thursday. Where: Space Launch Complex-4 on the South Base Landing: The first-stage booster, making its 24th flight, will land on ...

bringing ISRO closer to developing world-class high-thrust rocket engines for future deep-space and high-payload missions.