SpaceX is also flying rudimentary catch fittings on Starship to test their thermal performance on reentry. The ship will fly ...

And a large integration hangar was packed with hardware: two lunar landers, two lunar rover mock-ups, a hopper, and other ...

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.

Go faster, farther, more efficiently. That's the goal driving spacecraft propulsion engineers like Chen Cui, a new assistant ...

Space travel has always hit a wall with slow speeds and massive fuel needs. Gravitic propulsion systems offer a game-c ...

A large metallic ring from space crash-landed in Kenya on New Year's Day. Officials want to determine its origins and hold the owner accountable.

A countdown is on at NASA’s Florida spaceport for a unique rocket engine test experience. Visitors will get a close-up view ...

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...

See the US achieve many firsts in space exploration this year from SpaceX's wild rocket catch to Intuitive Machines' historic ...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a feature about some of the most capable machine on earth: NASA's space rockets.

This array of missions from NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin and partners for 2025 reflects a busy year—and a dynamic and ...

From astronauts stuck in space to catching a rocket mid-air ... first samples from the dark side of the moon. In addition, a NASA spacecraft hurtling through space “touched” the sun on ...