Live updates from the Starlink 6-88 mission, which launched 1:48 a.m. Jan. 4 from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space ...

What was meant to be SpaceX's final mission of 2025 from California will now be the first of 2026. Here's when and where to ...

It has been a record year for space launches in Florida, shattering previous marks and reaching a record number of launches ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Beyond better testing, we need better protection. Physical shields seem like the obvious first defense. Hydrogen-rich materials such as polyethylene and water-absorbing hydrogels can slow charged ...

A year-end recap of 2025 in space, covering NASA leadership changes, space policy, major missions, scientific discoveries and key events across orbit and beyond.

On a recent podcast appearance, Elon Musk declared that his Starship rocket was on par with the evolution of multicellular life.

Pittsburgh aerospace startup Astrobotic just landed $17.5 million in government contracts to advance reusable rockets. Using Small Business Innovation Research grants — two from NASA and one from the ...

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Space Force and NASA experiment lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia Dec. 18 at 12:03 a.m. Eastern to test a new small-satellite architecture ...

A NASA rover that launched from Florida detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on Mars' surface.

The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft successfully launched this morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with NASA astronaut Chris Williams and cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev ...

Imagine this scenario: you have an important space telescope that’s rapidly sinking in altitude, slated to crash down to Earth next year unless you can nudge it back up. Arizona-based private space ...