Elon Musk’s SpaceX dominates the news these days, but a host of oddballs involved in space exploration came before him.

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has warned the public against debris that fell from the launch of a Long March 7A rocket ...

One might be inclined to think that rockets would launch straight upward, but they don't, they curve along the way, and ...

The postponement, driven primarily by thick clouds, was the second scrub of the flight since an issue with the rocket on Saturday night.

Orbital space launches have rapidly increased. New records have been set for the last four years. In 2024, there was an orbital launch attempt every 34 hours. Spaceflights are also carrying more -- ...

Launching on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, SPHEREx will map 450 million galaxies and could help unravel what happened after the Big Bang, while PUNCH will make ...

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were launched into space in June 2024 on what was supposed to be an eight-day ...

SpaceX alternately gained the ire of both the United States and Russia: first for providing Ukraine with internet access ...

When you were a kid, how did you think rockets worked? They blast off from a pad straight up, and then they're in space, right? The assumption makes sense — after all, straight up is where space ...

The spacecraft, SPHEREx and PUNCH, had been expected to launch on a SpaceX rocket on Saturday. By Katrina Miller Two NASA missions will have to wait longer for a launch aboard a single rocket.

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Wayne N White Jr consults with One Space ...