Blue Ghost will spend the next 16 days in lunar orbit, if all goes to plan. It will conduct additional engine burns to circularize its path around Earth's nearest neighbor, then attempt a landing in ...

Welcome to Edition 7.31 of the Rocket Report! The unfortunate news this week concerns layoffs. Blue Origin announced a 10 ...

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.

New Glenn, which has been in development for about a decade, can carry 50 tons (45 metric tons) of payload to low Earth orbit ...

In the 1960s, this was the exact story of Rene Bonnet, who built his own little sports car from scratch (and with a bit of ...

SpaceX has shared dramatic footage and images of its Super Heavy booster firing up ahead of its eighth test flight.

Engineers developed an engine prototype which could reach unprecedented speeds, cutting down interplanetary travel time.

While the midair explosion of the SpaceX's Starship rocket made for an unsuccessful flight test it also made for an unforgettable optical experience in the Caribbean. The launch marked the seventh ...

A new study from the University of British Columbia reveals the growing danger of falling space debris striking an airplane.

Russian scientists claim to have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to ...

Welcome to Edition 7.30 of the Rocket Report! The US government relies on SpaceX for a lot of missions. These include ...

NASA has just tested a game-changing rocket engine that could revolutionize space travel. The Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) uses supersonic shockwaves to create a more efficient combustion cycle, ...