Space Exploration

A SpaceX Starship megarocket exploded during a test flight Thursday near Brownsville, Texas.

SpaceX launched a mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke about their nine months aboard the International Space Station in advance of their return home.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have to wait until their replacements arrive at the International Space Station next week before they can check out.

Last-minute problems have delayed the latest launch of SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship.

A privately built spacecraft has successfully landed on the moon, a feat that only one other company has accomplished in spaceflight history, NBC News reported.

SpaceX has attained authorization from regulators to fly its massive Starship rocket once again, the FAA announced on Friday.

The celebrities join three other women as the crew of the upcoming Blue Origin journey, which is set to launch this spring.

A new study in Nature Communications shows that the so-called Red Planet’s color comes from a water-rich mineral called ferrihydrite.

This will be the second lunar mission for a private company that made history a year ago by becoming the first to successfully land on the moon’s surface.

A late Cape Cod man’s wish to travel to space is coming true. David Lavender’s family is planning to send his ashes up on a rocket. It’s part of Celestis, a space flight program that gives those mourning a loss a unique way to celebrate life. “We celebrate everyone that is important to us, whether they’re still on this...

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June, will come home sooner than anticipated.

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.

SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday.

Blue Origin has launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight. Thursday’s liftoff from Florida carried an experiment meant to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. The test satellite successfully reached orbit 13 minutes into the flight. The 320-foot New Glenn rocket is designed to haul spacecraft and eventually astronauts to orbit and also the moon. Founded 25...

Texas-based rocket builder Firefly Aerospace launched its “Blue Ghost” cargo lander on a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday. Japanese company ispace tagged along, launching a separate mission.

Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble.

Two stranded NASA astronauts have followers scratching their heads over a festive new photo that shows the space travelers getting into the holiday spirit.

The planned launch is part of the multi-voyage Artemis program that aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972.

Residents in the Russian republic of Yakutia were treated to a light show as the asteroid harmlessly burned up.