Until recently, space exploration has been funded almost exclusively by national governments, with NASA the prime example. In ...

The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Soyuz that brought the first UK astronaut back to Earth and the only ...

The observatory will begin its two-year prime mission after a roughly one-month checkout period, during which engineers and scientists will make sure the spacecraft is working properly.

Elon Musk-led SpaceX is set to launch NASA’s Crew-10 mission, marking a critical step in replacing Crew-9 and bringing home stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore. The Falcon-9 ...

The Fehmarnbelt tunnel may not have grabbed the popular imagination in the same way as the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France did more than 30 years ago, but this structure is just as ...

In Spring 1967, a critical review of the U.S. manned space flight program was initiated following the Apollo spacecraft accident. The Apollo program adjusted schedules and intensified preparations for ...

On Sunday morning, a spacecraft built by Firefly Aerospace softly touched down on the surface of the Moon, making the Texas-based startup the second private company in history to pull off the feat.

No astronauts were aboard the spacecraft. SpaceX discontinued its video feed of the launch without providing a location for the craft or where debris might land. In a post on X, SpaceX said the ...

The upper portion of SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded once again minutes into its Thursday flight test, creating a cascade of fiery debris visible from Florida to the Caribbean.

Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test ...

It was not immediately known whether the spacecraft's self-destruct system had kicked in to blow it up.The 403-foot rocket blasted off from Texas. SpaceX caught the first-stage booster back at the ...