A June 18 testing explosion laid bare concerns about minimal regulatory oversight of Elon Musk's commercial space business in ...

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades ...

Forty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff. Seven astronauts were killed, including ...

A new time-lapse reveals the Sun’s inner corona glowing a faint yellow, offering a rare look at the hottest layer of our star’s atmosphere. The footage was created using images from the ASPIICS ...

In less than two weeks, NASA is scheduled to launch its Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed journey to the Moon in over half ...

NASA’s Artemis II rocket is set to embark on an historic mission to carry four astronauts on a 10-day mission to orbit the moon and get a closeup view of the lunar landscape in more than 50 years.

NASA rolled its massive Space Launch System rocket toward its launchpad in Florida on Saturday, kicking off a final phase of preparations for the agency's Artemis II mission that is poised to send ...

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt aims to fly the first private space telescope by 2029. Will it pave the way for more private ...

SpaceX, which is worth $800 billion, is eyeing an IPO that could come as soon as mid-2026 and reportedly plans to raise more than $30 billion at a valuation of as much as $1.5 trillion. That's many ...

After a health issue, four astronauts are set to leave the International Space Station early, with a pre-dawn Pacific ...

Launch could come as soon as Feb. 6. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years remains ...

Don’t look now, but rocket science is the new, uh, rocket science. In addition to long-time players on the private spaceflight scene like Blue Origin, SpaceX, and Arianespace, the potential profits ...